Triples : 1908 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1908 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 20 Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford 16 Detroit Tigers 2
Jake Stahl 16 New York Highlanders  
Boston Red Sox  
Doc Gessler 14 Boston Red Sox 4
Matty McIntyre 13 Detroit Tigers 5
Claude Rossman 13 Detroit Tigers  
Clyde Milan 12 Washington Senators 7
Gavvy Cravath 11 Boston Red Sox 8
Germany Schaefer 10 Detroit Tigers 9
Harry Davis 9 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Bob Ganley 9 Washington Senators  
Charlie Hemphill 9 New York Highlanders  
Jack Thoney 9 Boston Red Sox  
Ed Hahn 8 Chicago White Sox 14
Bill Hinchman 8 Cleveland Naps  
Bill Shipke 8 Washington Senators  
George Stone 8 St. Louis Browns  
Denny Sullivan 8 Boston Red Sox  
Cleveland Naps  
Bob Unglaub 8 Boston Red Sox  
Washington Senators  
Bill Bradley 7 Cleveland Naps 20
Eddie Collins 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Hobe Ferris 7 St. Louis Browns  
Danny Hoffman 7 St. Louis Browns  
Fielder Jones 7 Chicago White Sox  
Frank LaPorte 7 Boston Red Sox  
New York Highlanders  



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.

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?