Triples : 1988 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1988 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harold Reynolds 11 Seattle Mariners 1
Willie Wilson 11 Kansas City Royals  
Robin Yount 11 Milwaukee Brewers  
Mike Greenwell 8 Boston Red Sox 4
Dwight Evans 7 Boston Red Sox 5
Ozzie Guillen 7 Chicago White Sox  
Lloyd Moseby 7 Toronto Blue Jays  
Johnny Ray 7 California Angels  
Wade Boggs 6 Boston Red Sox 9
Joe Carter 6 Cleveland Indians  
Cecil Espy 6 Texas Rangers  
Julio Franco 6 Cleveland Indians  
Greg Gagne 6 Minnesota Twins  
Dan Gladden 6 Minnesota Twins  
Fred Manrique 6 Chicago White Sox  
Paul Molitor 6 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dick Schofield 6 California Angels  
Jesse Barfield 5 Toronto Blue Jays 18
George Bell 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Tom Brookens 5 Detroit Tigers  
Ellis Burks 5 Boston Red Sox  
Kelly Gruber 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Oddibe McDowell 5 Texas Rangers  
Kirby Puckett 5 Minnesota Twins  
Kevin Seitzer 5 Kansas City Royals  



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?

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.

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.