Triples : 1998 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
 

1998 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jose Offerman 13 Kansas City Royals 1
Johnny Damon 10 Kansas City Royals 2
Randy Winn 9 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3
Ray Durham 8 Chicago White Sox 4
Nomar Garciaparra 8 Boston Red Sox  
Derek Jeter 8 New York Yankees  
Troy O'Leary 8 Boston Red Sox  
Garret Anderson 7 Anaheim Angels 8
Quinton McCracken 7 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Mike Caruso 6 Chicago White Sox 10
Joey Cora 6 Seattle Mariners  
Cleveland Indians  
Matt Lawton 6 Minnesota Twins  
Kenny Lofton 6 Cleveland Indians  
Otis Nixon 6 Minnesota Twins  
Omar Vizquel 6 Cleveland Indians  
Miguel Cairo 5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 16
Mike Cameron 5 Chicago White Sox  
Luis Gonzalez 5 Detroit Tigers  
Rusty Greer 5 Texas Rangers  
Paul Molitor 5 Minnesota Twins  
Alex Rodriguez 5 Seattle Mariners  
Bernie Williams 5 New York Yankees  
Wade Boggs 4 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 23
Damon Buford 4 Boston Red Sox  
Juan Encarnacion 4 Detroit Tigers  



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).

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?

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.