Triples : 1936 American League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1936 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Earl Averill 15 Cleveland Indians 1
Joe DiMaggio 15 New York Yankees  
Red Rolfe 15 New York Yankees  
Bob Johnson 14 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Odell Hale 13 Cleveland Indians 5
Buddy Lewis 13 Washington Senators  
Beau Bell 12 St. Louis Browns 7
Charlie Gehringer 12 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Bottomley 11 St. Louis Browns 9
Harlond Clift 11 St. Louis Browns  
Mike Kreevich 11 Chicago White Sox  
Wally Moses 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
John Stone 11 Washington Senators  
Ben Chapman 10 New York Yankees 14
Washington Senators  
Lou Finney 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cecil Travis 10 Washington Senators  
Roy Hughes 9 Cleveland Indians 17
George Selkirk 9 New York Yankees  
Hal Trosky 9 Cleveland Indians  
Bill Dickey 8 New York Yankees 20
Jimmie Foxx 8 Boston Red Sox  
Goose Goslin 8 Detroit Tigers  
John Kroner 8 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Kuhel 8 Washington Senators  
Jake Powell 8 Washington Senators  
New York Yankees  



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.

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).