Triples : 1945 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:

"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
 

1945 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Snuffy Stirnweiss 22 New York Yankees 1
Wally Moses 15 Chicago White Sox 2
Joe Kuhel 13 Washington Senators 3
Johnny Dickshot 10 Chicago White Sox 4
Hal Peck 9 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Doc Cramer 8 Detroit Tigers 6
Dutch Meyer 8 Cleveland Indians  
Guy Curtright 7 Chicago White Sox 8
Oscar Grimes 7 New York Yankees  
Frankie Hayes 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cleveland Indians  
Jeff Heath 7 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Johnson 7 Boston Red Sox  
Buddy Lewis 7 Washington Senators  
Felix Mackiewicz 7 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Maier 7 Detroit Tigers  
Tom McBride 7 Boston Red Sox  
George Myatt 7 Washington Senators  
George Binks 6 Washington Senators 18
Leon Culberson 6 Boston Red Sox  
Bobby Estalella 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Hersh Martin 6 New York Yankees  
Mickey Rocco 6 Cleveland Indians  
George Case 5 Washington Senators 23
Roy Cullenbine 5 Cleveland Indians  
Detroit Tigers  
Irv Hall 5 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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.

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).