Triples : 1878 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1878 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tom York 10 Providence Grays 1
Charley Jones 7 Cincinnati Reds 2
Jim O'Rourke 7 Boston Red Caps  
Lew Brown 6 Providence Grays 4
Jack Burdock 6 Boston Red Caps  
Orator Shafer 6 Indianapolis Browns  
Will Foley 5 Milwaukee Cream Citys 7
Andy Leonard 5 Boston Red Caps  
Joe Start 5 Chicago White Stockings  
Abner Dalrymple 4 Milwaukee Cream Citys 10
Paul Hines 4 Providence Grays  
Terry Larkin 4 Chicago White Stockings  
Cal McVey 4 Cincinnati Reds  
John Ward 4 Providence Grays  
Tom Carey 3 Providence Grays 15
George Creamer 3 Milwaukee Cream Citys  
Mike Golden 3 Milwaukee Cream Citys  
Jake Goodman 3 Milwaukee Cream Citys  
Frank Hankinson 3 Chicago White Stockings  
Russ McKelvy 3 Indianapolis Browns  
Ezra Sutton 3 Boston Red Caps  
Cap Anson 2 Chicago White Stockings 22
John Clapp 2 Indianapolis Browns  
Bob Ferguson 2 Chicago White Stockings  
Billy Geer 2 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.