Triples : 1889 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1889 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Lefty Marr 15 Columbus Colts 1
Ollie Beard 14 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2
Mike Griffin 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Oyster Burns 13 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 4
John Reilly 13 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Harry Stovey 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Billy Hamilton 12 Kansas City Blues 7
Henry Larkin 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Dave Orr 12 Columbus Colts  
Dan Shannon 12 Louisville Colonels  
Ecky Stearns 12 Kansas City Blues  
Jim Burns 11 Kansas City Blues 12
Charlie Duffee 11 St. Louis Browns  
Jim Keenan 11 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Darby O'Brien 11 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
George Tebeau 11 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Tommy Tucker 11 Baltimore Orioles  
Charlie Comiskey 10 St. Louis Browns 18
Bill Greenwood 10 Columbus Colts  
Spud Johnson 10 Columbus Colts  
Joe Visner 10 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Billy Alvord 9 Kansas City Blues 22
Pop Corkhill 9 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Joe Hornung 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Harry Raymond 9 Louisville Colonels  



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

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.