Triples : 2000 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2000 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cristian Guzman 20 Minnesota Twins 1
Adam Kennedy 11 Anaheim Angels 2
Johnny Damon 10 Kansas City Royals 3
Ray Durham 9 Chicago White Sox 4
Luis Alicea 8 Texas Rangers 5
Trot Nixon 8 Boston Red Sox  
Torii Hunter 7 Minnesota Twins 7
Juan Encarnacion 6 Detroit Tigers 8
Darin Erstad 6 Anaheim Angels  
Jose Valentin 6 Chicago White Sox  
Bernie Williams 6 New York Yankees  
Royce Clayton 5 Texas Rangers 12
Deivi Cruz 5 Detroit Tigers  
Jose Cruz, Jr. 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Delino DeShields 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Jose Guillen 5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Stan Javier 5 Seattle Mariners  
Jacque Jones 5 Minnesota Twins  
Ricky Ledee 5 New York Yankees  
Cleveland Indians  
Texas Rangers  
Kenny Lofton 5 Cleveland Indians  
Jose Macias 5 Detroit Tigers  
Adam Piatt 5 Oakland Athletics  
Luis Polonia 5 Detroit Tigers  
New York Yankees  
Chris Singleton 5 Chicago White Sox  
Shannon Stewart 5 Toronto Blue Jays  



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.

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

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).