1953 Triples Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Triples	Team	Rank
Jim Rivera	16	Chicago White Sox	1
Mickey Vernon	11	Washington Senators	2
Dave Philley	9	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Jimmy Piersall	9	Boston Red Sox
Ray Boone	8	Cleveland Indians	5
		Detroit Tigers
Nellie Fox	8	Chicago White Sox
Jackie Jensen	8	Washington Senators
Sam Mele	8	Chicago White Sox
Minnie Minoso	8	Chicago White Sox
Jim Busby	7	Washington Senators	10
Harvey Kuenn	7	Detroit Tigers
Gil McDougald	7	New York Yankees
Eddie Yost	7	Washington Senators
Hank Bauer	6	New York Yankees	14
Jim Delsing	6	Detroit Tigers
Billy Martin	6	New York Yankees
Irv Noren	6	New York Yankees
Vic Wertz	6	St. Louis Browns
Yogi Berra	5	New York Yankees	19
Larry Doby	5	Cleveland Indians
Billy Goodman	5	Boston Red Sox
Carmen Mauro	5	Washington Senators
		Philadelphia Athletics
Bob Nieman	5	Detroit Tigers
Al Rosen	5	Cleveland Indians
Pete Runnels	5	Washington Senators
Name	Triples	Team	Rank

	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). 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?