Triples records set by Major League Baseball players including most triples in a career, single season triples records, and game specific triples marks are included in this triples record book. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference." - Cobb, Ty. Hall of Famer / American League Career Leader for Triples. The Tumult and the Shouting: My Life in Sport. Rice, Grantland. Rigby Publishing. 1 January 1977. Page 114.
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Triples Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Triples In A Career | Top 1,000 |
AL | Ty Cobb | Detroit | 284 | 295 |
Philadelphia | 11 | ||||
NL | Honus Wagner | Louisville | 20 | 252 | |
Pittsburgh | 232 | ||||
ML | Sam Crawford | Cincinnati [NL] | 60 | 309 | |
Detroit [AL] | 249 | ||||
Most Triples In A Career With Bases Loaded |
AL | Shano Collins | Chicago | 8 | 8 |
Boston | 0 | ||||
NL | Jose Cruz | St. Louis | 0 | 8 | |
Houston | 8 | ||||
ML | Steve Finley | Baltimore [AL] | 0 | 8 | |
Houston [NL] | 1 | ||||
San Diego [NL] | 2 | ||||
Arizona [NL] | 3 | ||||
Los Angeles [NL] | 0 | ||||
Los Angeles [AL] | 1 | ||||
San Francisco [NL] | 1 | ||||
Colorado [NL] | 0 | ||||
Triples Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Triples RecordsSingle Season Triples Records |
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Triples Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Fewest Triples League Leader | Full Season (Year-by-Year) |
AL | Del Unser | Washington | 8 | 1969 |
Shohei Ohtani | Los Angeles | 2021 | |||
NL | Gavin Lux | Los Angeles | 7 | 2022 | |
Brandon Nimmo | New York | 2022 | |||
Most Triples In A Season | Top 500 |
AA | Dave Orr | New York | 31 | 1886 |
AL | Sam Crawford | Detroit | 26 | 1914 | |
Joe Jackson | Cleveland | 1912 | |||
NL | Chief Wilson | Pittsburgh | 36 | 1912 | |
Most Triples In A Season | Lefthander |
AL | Sam Crawford | Detroit | 26 | 1914 |
Joe Jackson | Cleveland | 1912 | |||
NL | Chief Wilson | Pittsburgh | 36 | 1912 | |
Most Triples In A Season | Righthander |
AA | Dave Orr | New York | 31 | 1886 |
AL | Bill Bradley | Cleveland | 22 | 1903 | |
Birdie Cree | New York | 1911 | |||
Snuffy Stirnweiss | New York | 1945 | |||
NL | Perry Werden | St. Louis | 29 | 1893 | |
Most Triples In A Season | Rookie |
AL | Joe Cassidy | Washington | 19 | 1904 |
Frank Baker | Philadelphia | 1909 | |||
Joe Jackson | Cleveland | 1911 | |||
NL | Jimmy Williams | Pittsburgh | 27 | 1899 | |
Most Triples In A Season | Switch-Hitter |
AL | Willie Wilson | Kansas City | 21 | 1985 |
NL | George Davis | New York | 27 | 1893 | |
Most At-Bats In A Season Without A Triple |
AL | Derek Jeter | New York | 683 | 2012 |
NL | Sammy Sosa | Chicago | 643 | 1998 | |
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading The League | Y-b-Y |
AL | Lance Johnson | Chicago | 4 | 1991-1994 |
NL | Garry Templeton | St. Louis | 3 | 1977-1979 | |
Most Seasons Leading The League | Y-b-Y |
AL | Sam Crawford | Detroit | 5 | 5 |
Willie Wilson | Kansas City | 5 | 5 | ||
NL | Stan Musial | St. Louis | 5 | 5 | |
ML | Sam Crawford | Cincinnati [NL] | 1 | 6 | |
Detroit [AL] | 5 | ||||
Triples Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Triples RecordsGame Specific Triples Records |
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Triples Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Triples Bold = League Records |
AA | George Strief | Philadelphia | 4 | 06-25-1885 |
AL | Elmer Flick | Cleveland | 3 | 07-06-1902 | |
Bill Bradley | Cleveland | 07-28-1903 | |||
Patsy Dougherty | Boston | 09-05-1903 | |||
Billy Lush | Detroit | 09-26-1903 | |||
Nap Lajoie | Cleveland | 07-13-1904 | |||
Hal Chase | New York | 08-30-1906 | |||
Joe Jackson | Cleveland | 06-30-1912 | |||
Gus Williams | St. Louis | 04-24-1913 | |||
Joe Judge | Washington | 08-09-1921 | |||
Baby Doll Jacobson | St. Louis | 09-09-1922 | |||
Jackie Tavener | Detroit | 09-12-1925 | |||
Earle Combs | New York | 09-22-1927 | |||
Charlie Gehringer | Detroit | 08-05-1929 | |||
Joe Kuhel | Washington | 05-13-1937 | |||
Joe DiMaggio | New York | 08-27-1938 | |||
Ben Chapman | Cleveland | 07-03-1939 | |||
Bert Campaneris | Kansas City | 08-29-1967 | |||
Al Bumbry | Baltimore | 09-22-1973 | |||
Ken Landreaux | Minnesota | 07-03-1980 | |||
Lance Johnson | Chicago | 09-23-1995 | |||
Denard Span | Minnesota | 06-29-2010 | |||
FL | Jack Lewis | Pittsburgh | 3 | 05-07-1914 | |
Fred Smith | Buffalo | 04-27-1915 | |||
Al Shaw | Kansas City | 07-04-1915 | |||
NL | Bill Joyce | New York | 4 | 05-18-1897 | |
Larry Twitchell | Cleveland | 3 | 08-15-1889 | ||
Jouett Meekin | New York | 07-04-1894 | |||
Ginger Beaumont | Pittsburgh | 08-09-1899 | |||
Harry Wolverton | Philadelphia | 07-13-1900 | |||
Jimmy Sheckard | Brooklyn | 04-18-1901 | |||
Mike Donlin | Cincinnati | 09-22-1903 | |||
Miller Huggins | Cincinnati | 10-08-1904 | |||
Dave Brain | St. Louis | 05-29-1905 | |||
Dave Brain | Pittsburgh | 08-08-1905 | |||
Pat Moran | Boston | 08-10-1905 | |||
Chief Wilson | Pittsburgh | 07-24-1911 | |||
Ross Youngs | New York | 05-11-1920 | |||
Ray Powell | Boston | 09-27-1921 | |||
Charlie Hollocher | Chicago | 08-13-1922 | |||
Jim Bottomley | St. Louis | 05-15-1923 | |||
Les Bell | St. Louis | 09-22-1926 | |||
Lance Richbourg | Boston | 07-31-1929 | |||
Carlos Bernier | Pittsburgh | 05-02-1953 | |||
Danny O'Connell | Milwaukee | 06-13-1956 | |||
Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh | 09-08-1958 | |||
Willie Mays | San Francisco | 09-15-1960 | |||
Ernie Banks | Chicago | 06-11-1966 | |||
Doug Flynn | New York | 08-05-1980 | |||
Craig Reynolds | Houston | 05-16-1981 | |||
Shawon Dunston | Chicago | 07-28-1990 | |||
Herm Winningham | Cincinnati | 08-15-1990 | |||
Rafael Furcal | Atlanta | 04-21-2002 | |||
Yasiel Puig | Los Angeles | 07-25-2014 | |||
Most Triples (First Game Ever) |
AL | Ed Irwin | Detroit | 2 | 05-18-1912 |
Roy Weatherly | Cleveland | 06-27-1936 | |||
NL | Willie McCovey | San Francisco | 2 | 07-30-1959 | |
John Sipin | San Diego | 05-24-1969 | |||
Most Triples (In An Opening Day Game) |
AL | Tilly Walker | Boston | 2 | 04-11-1917 |
Tommy Henrich | New York | 04-18-1950 | |||
Tony Pena | Kansas City | 04-02-2007 | |||
Justin Maxwell | Houston | 03-31-2013 | |||
NL | Bubbles Hargrave | Cincinnati | 2 | 04-15-1924 | |
Arky Vaughan | Pittsburgh | 04-15-1941 | |||
Most Triples In An Inning |
AA | Harry Wheeler | Cincinnati | 2 | 07-28-1882 |
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Harry Stovey | Philadelphia | 08-18-1884 | |||
8th Inning | |||||
AL | Al Zarilla | St. Louis | 2 | 07-13-1946 | |
4th Inning | |||||
Gil Coan | Washington | 04-21-1951 | |||
6th Inning | |||||
Kyle Tucker | Houston | 09-10-2023 | |||
6th Inning | |||||
NL | Joe Hornung | Boston | 2 | 05-06-1882 | |
8th Inning | |||||
Heinie Peitz | St. Louis | 07-02-1895 | |||
1st Inning | |||||
Frank Shugart | Louisville | 07-30-1895 | |||
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Buck Freeman | Boston | 07-25-1900 | |||
1st Inning | |||||
Bill Dahlen | Brooklyn | 08-30-1900 | |||
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Gavvy Cravath | Philadelphia | 06-22-1912 | |||
4th Inning | |||||
Curt Walker | Cincinnati | 07-22-1926 | |||
2nd Inning | |||||
Cory Sullivan | Colorado | 04-09-2006 | |||
5th Inning | |||||
Triples Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
MLB Triples Records | Research by Baseball Almanac |
On September 22, 1903, Mike Donlin of the Cincinnati Reds became the first and only National League player to hit four triples during a doubleheader. During the seasons (1882-1891) that the American Association was a Major League, Billy Hamilton of the Kansas City Blues, on June 28, 1889, also had four triples during a doubleheader. Not one American League player has ever accomplished this unique doubleheader three-bag feat.
In 1905, Dave Brain of the St. Louis Cardinals (May 29, 1905) and Pittsburgh Pirates (August 8, 1905) became the first and only player to hit three triples in one game, two different times during the same season (and did so with two different teams).
Chief Wilson of the 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates is the only player in Major League Baseball history to hit at least one triple in five consecutive games! The 1912 game dates from the record-setting streak are June 17th (one triple), June 18th (one triple), June 19th (one triple), June 20th (Game 1 of a doubleheader / one triple), and June 20th (Game 2 of a doubleheader / two triples).