Triples : 1959 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1959 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Allison 9 Washington Senators 1
Gil McDougald 8 New York Yankees 2
Tony Kubek 7 New York Yankees 3
Harvey Kuenn 7 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Landis 7 Chicago White Sox  
Roger Maris 7 Kansas City Athletics  
Nellie Fox 6 Chicago White Sox 7
Elston Howard 6 New York Yankees  
Vic Power 6 Cleveland Indians  
Bobby Richardson 6 New York Yankees  
Pete Runnels 6 Boston Red Sox  
Bill Tuttle 6 Kansas City Athletics  
Luis Aparicio 5 Chicago White Sox 13
Julio Becquer 5 Washington Senators  
Joe DeMaestri 5 Kansas City Athletics  
Marty Keough 5 Boston Red Sox  
Hector Lopez 5 Kansas City Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Jerry Lumpe 5 New York Yankees  
Kansas City Athletics  
Bill Skowron 5 New York Yankees  
Willie Tasby 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Bob Cerv 4 Kansas City Athletics 21
Gary Geiger 4 Boston Red Sox  
Mickey Mantle 4 New York Yankees  
Jim Rivera 4 Chicago White Sox  
Al Smith 4 Chicago White Sox  



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.