Triples : 1891 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:

"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)
 

1891 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Harry Stovey 20 Boston Beaneaters 1
Jake Beckley 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Bid McPhee 16 Cincinnati Reds 3
Jimmy Ryan 15 Chicago Colts 4
Jake Virtue 14 Cleveland Spiders 5
Oyster Burns 13 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6
Roger Connor 13 New York Giants  
Bill Dahlen 13 Chicago Colts  
John Reilly 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Cupid Childs 12 Cleveland Spiders 10
George Davis 12 Cleveland Spiders  
Herman Long 12 Boston Beaneaters  
Ed McKean 12 Cleveland Spiders  
Mike Tiernan 12 New York Giants  
Jimmy McAleer 11 Cleveland Spiders 15
Bug Holliday 10 Cincinnati Reds 16
Arlie Latham 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Quinn 10 Boston Beaneaters  
Sam Thompson 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Walt Wilmot 10 Chicago Colts  
Ed Delahanty 9 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Mike Griffin 9 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Billy Nash 9 Boston Beaneaters  
Fred Pfeffer 9 Chicago Colts  
Cap Anson 8 Chicago Colts 25



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.

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.