Triples : 2003 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:

"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)
 

2003 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cristian Guzman 14 Minnesota Twins 1
Nomar Garciaparra 13 Boston Red Sox 2
Carlos Beltran 10 Kansas City Royals 3
Eric Byrnes 9 Oakland Athletics 4
Carl Crawford 9 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Luis Rivas 9 Minnesota Twins  
Michael Young 9 Texas Rangers  
Rocco Baldelli 8 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8
Ichiro Suzuki 8 Seattle Mariners  
Angel Berroa 7 Kansas City Royals 10
D'Angelo Jimenez 7 Chicago White Sox  
Cincinnati Reds  
Scott Spiezio 7 Anaheim Angels  
Dmitri Young 7 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Catalanotto 6 Toronto Blue Jays 14
Coco Crisp 6 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Damon 6 Boston Red Sox  
Orlando Hudson 6 Toronto Blue Jays  
Trot Nixon 6 Boston Red Sox  
Carlos Pena 6 Detroit Tigers  
Alex Rodriguez 6 Texas Rangers  
Bret Boone 5 Seattle Mariners 21
Mike Cameron 5 Seattle Mariners  
Eric Chavez 5 Oakland Athletics  
Mark Ellis 5 Oakland Athletics  
Raul Ibanez 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).

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.

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.