Triples : 1930 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
 

1930 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Earle Combs 22 New York Yankees 1
Carl Reynolds 18 Chicago White Sox 2
Lou Gehrig 17 New York Yankees 3
Al Simmons 16 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Charlie Gehringer 15 Detroit Tigers 5
Tony Lazzeri 15 New York Yankees  
Jimmie Foxx 13 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Roy Johnson 13 Detroit Tigers  
Sam Rice 13 Washington Senators  
Goose Goslin 12 Washington Senators 10
St. Louis Browns  
Smead Jolley 12 Chicago White Sox  
Heinie Manush 12 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Liz Funk 11 Detroit Tigers 13
Joe Judge 11 Washington Senators  
Ed Morgan 11 Cleveland Indians  
John Stone 11 Detroit Tigers  
Ben Chapman 10 New York Yankees 17
Ski Melillo 10 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Regan 10 Boston Red Sox  
Sam West 10 Washington Senators  
Bill Cissell 9 Chicago White Sox 21
Joe Cronin 9 Washington Senators  
Dave Harris 9 Chicago White Sox  
Washington Senators  
Babe Ruth 9 New York Yankees  
Dale Alexander 8 Detroit Tigers 25



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

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.