Top 25 Triples in 1978 in the American League

Triples : 1978 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)

1978 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

Jim Rice 15 Boston Red Sox 1

Rod Carew 10 Minnesota Twins 2

Dan Ford 10 Minnesota Twins

Ralph Garr 9 Chicago White Sox 4

Robin Yount 9 Milwaukee Brewers

Buddy Bell 8 Cleveland Indians 6

George Brett 8 Kansas City Royals

Al Cowens 8 Kansas City Royals

Dave McKay 8 Toronto Blue Jays

Mickey Rivers 8 New York Yankees

Bob Bailor 7 Toronto Blue Jays 11

Mike Cubbage 7 Minnesota Twins

Amos Otis 7 Kansas City Royals

Mitchell Page 7 Oakland Athletics

Craig Reynolds 7 Seattle Mariners

Leon Roberts 7 Seattle Mariners

Lou Whitaker 7 Detroit Tigers

Sal Bando 6 Milwaukee Brewers 18

Johnny Grubb 6 Cleveland Indians

Texas Rangers

Ron Jackson 6 California Angels

Duane Kuiper 6 Cleveland Indians

Chet Lemon 6 Chicago White Sox

Darrell Porter 6 Kansas City Royals

Willie Randolph 6 New York Yankees

Jerry Remy 6 Boston Red Sox

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?

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

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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