Top 25 Triples in 1960 in the American League

Triples : 1960 American League Top 25

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"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)

1960 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

Nellie Fox 10 Chicago White Sox 1

Brooks Robinson 9 Baltimore Orioles 2

Luis Aparicio 7 Chicago White Sox 3

Julio Becquer 7 Washington Senators

Reno Bertoia 7 Washington Senators

Lenny Green 7 Washington Senators

Roger Maris 7 New York Yankees

Jackie Brandt 6 Baltimore Orioles 8

Gene Freese 6 Chicago White Sox

Jim Landis 6 Chicago White Sox

Hector Lopez 6 New York Yankees

Mickey Mantle 6 New York Yankees

Norm Siebern 6 Kansas City Athletics

Don Buddin 5 Boston Red Sox 14

Lou Clinton 5 Boston Red Sox

Billy Gardner 5 Washington Senators

Ron Hansen 5 Baltimore Orioles

Charlie Maxwell 5 Detroit Tigers

Russ Snyder 5 Kansas City Athletics

Frank Bolling 4 Detroit Tigers 20

Andy Carey 4 New York Yankees

Kansas City Athletics

Al Kaline 4 Detroit Tigers

Gil McDougald 4 New York Yankees

Minnie Minoso 4 Chicago White Sox

Jimmy Piersall 4 Cleveland Indians

Name Triples Team Rank

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?

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).

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