Triples : 1902 American League 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)
 

1902 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmy Williams 21 Baltimore Orioles 1
Buck Freeman 19 Boston Americans 2
Ed Delahanty 14 Washington Senators 3
Hobe Ferris 14 Boston Americans  
Charlie Hickman 13 Boston Americans 5
Cleveland Blues  
Bill Bradley 12 Cleveland Blues 6
Elmer Flick 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cleveland Blues  
Topsy Hartsel 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Socks Seybold 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Scoops Carey 11 Washington Senators 10
Danny Green 11 Chicago White Stockings  
Charlie Hemphill 11 Cleveland Blues  
St. Louis Browns  
Harry Howell 11 Baltimore Orioles  
Chick Stahl 11 Boston Americans  
Jimmy Collins 10 Boston Americans 15
Emmet Heidrick 10 St. Louis Browns  
Jesse Burkett 9 St. Louis Browns 17
Bill Keister 9 Washington Senators  
Kip Selbach 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Bobby Wallace 9 St. Louis Browns  
Lave Cross 8 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Harry Davis 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Dick Harley 8 Detroit Tigers  
Dan McGann 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Danny Murphy 8 Philadelphia Athletics  



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?

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.