Triples : 2006 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
 

2006 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Crawford 16 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1
Grady Sizemore 11 Cleveland Indians 2
Curtis Granderson 9 Detroit Tigers 3
Ichiro Suzuki 9 Seattle Mariners  
Chone Figgins 8 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5
Jose Lopez 8 Seattle Mariners  
David DeJesus 7 Kansas City Royals 7
Nick Punto 7 Minnesota Twins  
Mark Teahen 7 Kansas City Royals  
Rocco Baldelli 6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10
Yuniesky Betancourt 6 Seattle Mariners  
Luis Castillo 6 Minnesota Twins  
Adam Kennedy 6 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Gary Matthews, Jr. 6 Texas Rangers  
Scott Podsednik 6 Chicago White Sox  
Alex Rios 6 Toronto Blue Jays  
Marco Scutaro 6 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Cuddyer 5 Minnesota Twins 18
Johnny Damon 5 New York Yankees  
Esteban German 5 Kansas City Royals  
Carlos Guillen 5 Detroit Tigers  
Raul Ibanez 5 Seattle Mariners  
Corey Patterson 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Jeremy Reed 5 Seattle Mariners  
Vernon Wells 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.

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.

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