Triples : 2002 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

2002 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Damon 11 Boston Red Sox 1
Randy Winn 9 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2
Ichiro Suzuki 8 Seattle Mariners 3
Michael Young 8 Texas Rangers  
Carlos Beltran 7 Kansas City Royals 5
Frank Catalanotto 6 Texas Rangers 6
Carl Crawford 6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Ray Durham 6 Chicago White Sox  
Oakland Athletics  
David Eckstein 6 Anaheim Angels  
Brad Fullmer 6 Anaheim Angels  
Carlos Guillen 6 Seattle Mariners  
Cristian Guzman 6 Minnesota Twins  
Shane Halter 6 Detroit Tigers  
Raul Ibanez 6 Kansas City Royals  
Adam Kennedy 6 Anaheim Angels  
Kenny Lofton 6 Chicago White Sox  
A.J. Pierzynski 6 Minnesota Twins  
Chris Singleton 6 Baltimore Orioles  
Shannon Stewart 6 Toronto Blue Jays  
Michael Tucker 6 Kansas City Royals  
Mike Cameron 5 Seattle Mariners 21
Jose Cruz, Jr. 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Nomar Garciaparra 5 Boston Red Sox  
Orlando Hudson 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Joe Randa 5 Kansas City Royals  



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

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.