Triples : 1883 American Association Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1883 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Pop Smith 17 Columbus Colts 1
Bill Kuehne 14 Columbus Colts 2
John Reilly 14 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Fred Mann 13 Columbus Colts 4
Mike Mansell 13 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Charley Jones 12 Cincinnati Red Stockings 6
Bid McPhee 10 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Mike Moynahan 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jack O'Brien 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Pete Browning 9 Louisville Eclipse 10
Charlie Comiskey 9 St. Louis Browns  
George Creamer 9 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Joe Gerhardt 9 Louisville Eclipse  
Bill Gleason 9 St. Louis Browns  
Tim Keefe 9 New York Metropolitans  
Lon Knight 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ecky Stearns 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Jimmy Wolf 9 Louisville Eclipse  
Jim Clinton 8 Baltimore Orioles 19
Pop Corkhill 8 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Leech Maskrey 8 Louisville Eclipse  
John Richmond 8 Columbus Colts  
Ed Swartwood 8 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Tom Brown 7 Columbus Colts 24
Dude Esterbrook 7 New York Metropolitans  



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).