Triples : 1944 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1944 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Lindell 16 New York Yankees 1
Snuffy Stirnweiss 16 New York Yankees  
Don Gutteridge 11 St. Louis Browns 3
Bobby Doerr 10 Boston Red Sox 4
Doc Cramer 9 Detroit Tigers 5
Hal Epps 9 St. Louis Browns  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Bobby Estalella 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ken Keltner 9 Cleveland Indians  
Wally Moses 9 Chicago White Sox  
Eddie Carnett 8 Chicago White Sox 10
Oscar Grimes 8 New York Yankees  
Irv Hall 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Johnson 8 Boston Red Sox  
Catfish Metkovich 8 Boston Red Sox  
Stan Spence 8 Washington Senators  
Ralph Hodgin 7 Chicago White Sox 16
Joe Kuhel 7 Washington Senators  
Mickey Rocco 7 Cleveland Indians  
Rudy York 7 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Fox 6 Boston Red Sox 20
Frankie Hayes 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Mike Kreevich 6 St. Louis Browns  
Gene Moore 6 St. Louis Browns  
George Myatt 6 Washington Senators  
Jimmy Outlaw 6 Detroit Tigers  



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 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).