Triples : 1942 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
 

1942 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Stan Spence 15 Washington Senators 1
Joe DiMaggio 13 New York Yankees 2
Jeff Heath 13 Cleveland Indians  
Glenn McQuillen 12 St. Louis Browns 4
Don Gutteridge 11 St. Louis Browns 5
Barney McCosky 11 Detroit Tigers  
Lou Boudreau 10 Cleveland Indians 7
Ned Harris 10 Detroit Tigers  
Elmer Valo 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Charlie Keller 9 New York Yankees 10
Johnny Pesky 9 Boston Red Sox  
Buddy Blair 8 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Dom DiMaggio 8 Boston Red Sox  
Lou Finney 7 Boston Red Sox 14
Oris Hockett 7 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Johnson 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Chet Laabs 7 St. Louis Browns  
Tony Lupien 7 Boston Red Sox  
Phil Rizzuto 7 New York Yankees  
Dick Siebert 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Roy Weatherly 7 Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Hassett 6 New York Yankees 22
Wally Judnich 6 St. Louis Browns  
Ray Mack 6 Cleveland Indians  
Vern Stephens 6 St. Louis Browns  



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 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?

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).