Triples : 1940 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
 

1940 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Barney McCosky 19 Detroit Tigers 1
Lou Finney 15 Boston Red Sox 2
Charlie Keller 15 New York Yankees  
Ted Williams 14 Boston Red Sox 4
Luke Appling 13 Chicago White Sox 5
Doc Cramer 12 Boston Red Sox 6
Cecil Travis 11 Washington Senators 7
Roy Weatherly 11 Cleveland Indians  
Lou Boudreau 10 Cleveland Indians 9
Bobby Doerr 10 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Gordon 10 New York Yankees  
Ken Keltner 10 Cleveland Indians  
Mike Kreevich 10 Chicago White Sox  
Buddy Lewis 10 Washington Senators  
George McQuinn 10 St. Louis Browns  
Joe DiMaggio 9 New York Yankees 16
Wally Moses 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Rip Radcliff 9 St. Louis Browns  
Taffy Wright 9 Chicago White Sox  
Jimmy Bloodworth 8 Washington Senators 20
Hank Greenberg 8 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Kuhel 8 Chicago White Sox  
Wally Judnich 7 St. Louis Browns 23
Gee Walker 7 Washington Senators  
Ben Chapman 6 Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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

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).