Triples : 1954 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1954 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Minnie Minoso 18 Chicago White Sox 1
Pete Runnels 15 Washington Senators 2
Mickey Vernon 14 Washington Senators 3
Mickey Mantle 12 New York Yankees 4
Bill Tuttle 11 Detroit Tigers 5
Bill Skowron 9 New York Yankees 6
Harry Agganis 8 Boston Red Sox 7
Nellie Fox 8 Chicago White Sox  
Jim Rivera 8 Chicago White Sox  
Cal Abrams 7 Baltimore Orioles 10
Ray Boone 7 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Busby 7 Washington Senators  
Jim Hegan 7 Cleveland Indians  
Jackie Jensen 7 Boston Red Sox  
Yogi Berra 6 New York Yankees 15
Andy Carey 6 New York Yankees  
Jim Finigan 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Harvey Kuenn 6 Detroit Tigers  
Irv Noren 6 New York Yankees  
Roy Sievers 6 Washington Senators  
Al Smith 6 Cleveland Indians  
Elmer Valo 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bobby Young 6 Baltimore Orioles  
Hank Bauer 5 New York Yankees 24
Ed Fitz Gerald 5 Washington Senators  



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).

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.

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.