Triples : 1912 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1912 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Jackson 26 Cleveland Naps 1
Ty Cobb 23 Detroit Tigers 2
Frank Baker 21 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Sam Crawford 21 Detroit Tigers  
Larry Gardner 18 Boston Red Sox 5
Chick Gandil 15 Washington Senators 6
Del Pratt 15 St. Louis Browns  
Stuffy McInnis 13 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Harry Hooper 12 Boston Red Sox 9
Harry Lord 12 Chicago White Sox  
Tris Speaker 12 Boston Red Sox  
Amos Strunk 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Eddie Collins 11 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Bert Daniels 11 New York Highlanders  
Roy Hartzell 11 New York Highlanders  
Clyde Milan 11 Washington Senators  
Shano Collins 10 Chicago White Sox 17
Danny Moeller 10 Washington Senators  
Rollie Zeider 10 Chicago White Sox  
Guy Zinn 10 New York Highlanders  
Jack Barry 9 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Hal Chase 9 New York Highlanders  
Eddie Foster 9 Washington Senators  
Duffy Lewis 9 Boston Red Sox  
Bris Lord 9 Philadelphia Athletics  



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

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.