Top 25 Triples in 1985 in the American League

Triples : 1985 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)

1985 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

Willie Wilson 21 Kansas City Royals 1

Brett Butler 14 Cleveland Indians 2

Kirby Puckett 13 Minnesota Twins 3

Tony Fernandez 10 Toronto Blue Jays 4

Jesse Barfield 9 Toronto Blue Jays 5

Ozzie Guillen 9 Chicago White Sox

Phil Bradley 8 Seattle Mariners 7

Cecil Cooper 8 Milwaukee Brewers

Gary Pettis 8 California Angels

Lou Whitaker 8 Detroit Tigers

Alfredo Griffin 7 Oakland Athletics 11

Larry Herndon 7 Detroit Tigers

Lloyd Moseby 7 Toronto Blue Jays

Jack Perconte 7 Seattle Mariners

Ernest Riles 7 Milwaukee Brewers

Alan Trammell 7 Detroit Tigers

Gary Ward 7 Texas Rangers

George Bell 6 Toronto Blue Jays 18

Tom Brookens 6 Detroit Tigers

Mike Heath 6 Oakland Athletics

Rudy Law 6 Chicago White Sox

Spike Owen 6 Seattle Mariners

Curtis Wilkerson 6 Texas Rangers

Dave Winfield 6 New York Yankees

Tony Armas 5 Boston Red Sox 25

Name Triples Team Rank

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.

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

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?

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