Top 25 Triples in 1919 in the American League

Triples : 1919 American League Top 25

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"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)

1919 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

Bobby Veach 17 Detroit Tigers 1

Harry Heilmann 15 Detroit Tigers 2

George Sisler 15 St. Louis Browns

Joe Jackson 14 Chicago White Sox 4

Ty Cobb 13 Detroit Tigers 5

Eddie Ainsmith 12 Detroit Tigers 6

Joe Judge 12 Washington Senators

Braggo Roth 12 Philadelphia Athletics

Boston Red Sox

Babe Ruth 12 Boston Red Sox

Tris Speaker 12 Cleveland Indians

Happy Felsch 11 Chicago White Sox 11

Ray Chapman 10 Cleveland Indians 12

Wally Pipp 10 New York Yankees

Fred Thomas 10 Philadelphia Athletics

Jimmy Austin 9 St. Louis Browns 15

George Burns 9 Philadelphia Athletics

Sam Rice 9 Washington Senators

Red Shannon 9 Philadelphia Athletics

Boston Red Sox

Sammy Vick 9 New York Yankees

Buck Weaver 9 Chicago White Sox

Ping Bodie 8 New York Yankees 21

Jack Graney 8 Cleveland Indians

Baby Doll Jacobson 8 St. Louis Browns

Eddie Collins 7 Chicago White Sox 24

Chick Gandil 7 Chicago White Sox

Name Triples Team Rank

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.

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.

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

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