Triples : 1918 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)
 

1918 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 14 Detroit Tigers 1
Harry Hooper 13 Boston Red Sox 2
Bobby Veach 13 Detroit Tigers  
Braggo Roth 12 Cleveland Indians 4
Shano Collins 11 Chicago White Sox 5
Babe Ruth 11 Boston Red Sox  
Tris Speaker 11 Cleveland Indians  
Eddie Ainsmith 9 Washington Senators 8
George Burns 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Pipp 9 New York Yankees  
George Sisler 9 St. Louis Browns  
Amos Strunk 9 Boston Red Sox  
Ray Chapman 8 Cleveland Indians 13
Joe Evans 7 Cleveland Indians 14
Joe Judge 7 Washington Senators  
Merlin Kopp 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Nemo Leibold 7 Chicago White Sox  
Steve O'Neill 7 Cleveland Indians  
Del Pratt 7 New York Yankees  
Burt Shotton 7 Washington Senators  
Ping Bodie 6 New York Yankees 21
Larry Gardner 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Harry Heilmann 6 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Baker 5 New York Yankees 24
Ray Demmitt 5 St. Louis Browns  



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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