Triples : 1929 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1929 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Gehringer 19 Detroit Tigers 1
Russ Scarritt 17 Boston Red Sox 2
Bing Miller 16 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Dale Alexander 15 Detroit Tigers 4
Earle Combs 15 New York Yankees  
Lew Fonseca 15 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Johnson 14 Detroit Tigers 7
Earl Averill 13 Cleveland Indians 8
Alex Metzler 13 Chicago White Sox  
Bill Cissell 12 Chicago White Sox 10
Carl Reynolds 12 Chicago White Sox  
Tony Lazzeri 11 New York Yankees 12
Lu Blue 10 St. Louis Browns 13
Lou Gehrig 10 New York Yankees  
Heinie Manush 10 St. Louis Browns  
Ski Melillo 10 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Morgan 10 Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Myer 10 Washington Senators  
Sam Rice 10 Washington Senators  
Phil Todt 10 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Fothergill 9 Detroit Tigers 21
Jimmie Foxx 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Mule Haas 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Frank O'Rourke 9 St. Louis Browns  
Al Simmons 9 Philadelphia Athletics  



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).

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.

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.