Triples : 1892 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)
 

1892 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ed Delahanty 21 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Dan Brouthers 20 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 2
Jake Virtue 20 Cleveland Spiders  
Jake Beckley 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Bill Dahlen 19 Chicago Colts  
Oyster Burns 18 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6
Billy Shindle 18 Baltimore Orioles  
Bug Holliday 16 Cincinnati Reds 8
Buck Ewing 15 New York Giants 9
Bob Allen 14 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Jesse Burkett 14 Cleveland Spiders  
Frank Shugart 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Elmer Smith 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Van Haltren 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Duke Farrell 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Lew Whistler 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Louisville Colonels  
Chief Zimmer 13 Cleveland Spiders  
George Davis 12 Cleveland Spiders 18
Hugh Duffy 12 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Joyce 12 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Bid McPhee 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Doggie Miller 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry Stovey 12 Boston Beaneaters  
Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Canavan 11 Chicago Colts 24
Cupid Childs 11 Cleveland Spiders  



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).

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.