Triples : 1909 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1909 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Baker 19 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Sam Crawford 14 Detroit Tigers 2
Danny Murphy 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Patsy Dougherty 13 Chicago White Sox 4
Bill Hinchman 13 Cleveland Naps  
Tris Speaker 13 Boston Red Sox  
Ray Demmitt 12 New York Highlanders 7
Jake Stahl 12 Boston Red Sox  
Harry Davis 11 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Ty Cobb 10 Detroit Tigers 10
Eddie Collins 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ted Easterly 10 Cleveland Naps  
George Stovall 10 Cleveland Naps  
Matty McIntyre 9 Detroit Tigers 14
George Perring 9 Cleveland Naps  
Bob Unglaub 9 Washington Senators  
Heinie Heitmuller 8 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Amby McConnell 8 Boston Red Sox  
Rube Oldring 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Dave Altizer 7 Chicago White Sox 20
Danny Hoffman 7 St. Louis Browns  
Nap Lajoie 7 Cleveland Naps  
Harry Lord 7 Boston Red Sox  
Heinie Wagner 7 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Delahanty 6 Washington Senators 25
Detroit Tigers  



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?

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.