Triples : 1968 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1968 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Fregosi 13 California Angels 1
Tommy McCraw 12 Chicago White Sox 2
Dick McAuliffe 10 Detroit Tigers 3
Ed Stroud 10 Washington Senators  
Bert Campaneris 9 Oakland Athletics 5
Bob Allison 8 Minnesota Twins 6
Jose Cardenal 7 Cleveland Indians 7
Vic Davalillo 7 Cleveland Indians  
California Angels  
Rick Monday 7 Oakland Athletics  
Jim Northrup 7 Detroit Tigers  
Bill Robinson 7 New York Yankees  
Del Unser 7 Washington Senators  
Roy White 7 New York Yankees  
Reggie Jackson 6 Oakland Athletics 14
Duane Josephson 6 Chicago White Sox  
Brooks Robinson 6 Baltimore Orioles  
Mickey Stanley 6 Detroit Tigers  
Cesar Tovar 6 Minnesota Twins  
Sal Bando 5 Oakland Athletics 19
Dave Nelson 5 Cleveland Indians  
Tony Oliva 5 Minnesota Twins  
Reggie Smith 5 Boston Red Sox  
Ted Uhlaender 5 Minnesota Twins  
Bernie Allen 4 Washington Senators 24
Luis Aparicio 4 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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