Top 25 Triples in 1969 in the American League

Triples : 1969 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)

1969 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

Del Unser 8 Washington Senators 1

Horace Clarke 7 New York Yankees 2

Reggie Smith 7 Boston Red Sox

Jim Fregosi 6 California Angels 4

Dick Green 6 Oakland Athletics

Mike Hegan 6 Seattle Pilots

Lou Piniella 6 Kansas City Royals

Ed Stroud 6 Washington Senators

Luis Aparicio 5 Chicago White Sox 9

Paul Blair 5 Baltimore Orioles

Ed Brinkman 5 Washington Senators

Jimmie Hall 5 Cleveland Indians

New York Yankees

Jay Johnstone 5 California Angels

Dick McAuliffe 5 Detroit Tigers

Jim Northrup 5 Detroit Tigers

Syd O'Brien 5 Boston Red Sox

Frank Robinson 5 Baltimore Orioles

George Scott 5 Boston Red Sox

Cesar Tovar 5 Minnesota Twins

Roy White 5 New York Yankees

Bernie Allen 4 Washington Senators 21

Mark Belanger 4 Baltimore Orioles

Leo Cardenas 4 Minnesota Twins

Rod Carew 4 Minnesota Twins

Norm Cash 4 Detroit Tigers

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?

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).

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.

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