Triples : 1877 National 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1877 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Deacon White 11 Boston Red Caps 1
Charley Jones 10 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2
Chicago White Stockings  
Lew Brown 8 Boston Red Caps 3
George Hall 8 Louisville Grays  
Joe Battin 7 St. Louis Brown Stockings 5
Mike Dorgan 7 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Paul Hines 7 Chicago White Stockings  
Jack Manning 7 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Cal McVey 7 Chicago White Stockings  
Tom York 7 Hartford Dark Blues  
John Clapp 6 St. Louis Brown Stockings 11
Juice Latham 6 Louisville Grays  
Al Spalding 6 Chicago White Stockings  
Joe Start 6 Hartford Dark Blues  
Ezra Sutton 6 Boston Red Caps  
John Cassidy 5 Hartford Dark Blues 16
Joe Gerhardt 5 Louisville Grays  
Terry Larkin 5 Hartford Dark Blues  
Orator Shafer 5 Louisville Grays  
Jim O'Rourke 4 Boston Red Caps 20
Lip Pike 4 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Jack Remsen 4 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Bob Addy 3 Cincinnati Red Stockings 23
Joe Blong 3 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Tommy Bond 3 Boston Red Caps  



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?

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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.