Triples : 1972 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:

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1972 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carlton Fisk 9 Boston Red Sox 1
Joe Rudi 9 Oakland Athletics  
Paul Blair 8 Baltimore Orioles 3
Pat Kelly 7 Chicago White Sox 4
Bobby Murcer 7 New York Yankees  
Rod Carew 6 Minnesota Twins 6
Mickey Stanley 6 Detroit Tigers  
Danny Thompson 6 Minnesota Twins  
Cesar Tovar 6 Minnesota Twins  
Dick Allen 5 Chicago White Sox 10
Willie Horton 5 Detroit Tigers  
Tommy McCraw 5 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Oliver 5 Kansas City Royals  
California Angels  
Aurelio Rodriguez 5 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Duffy 4 Cleveland Indians 15
Gene Michael 4 New York Yankees  
Freddie Patek 4 Kansas City Royals  
Lou Piniella 4 Kansas City Royals  
Rick Reichardt 4 Chicago White Sox  
Richie Scheinblum 4 Kansas City Royals  
George Scott 4 Milwaukee Brewers  
Reggie Smith 4 Boston Red Sox  
Tony Taylor 4 Detroit Tigers  
Sandy Alomar 3 California Angels 24
Luis Aparicio 3 Boston Red Sox  



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

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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).