Triples : 1897 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)
 

1897 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Harry Davis 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Nap Lajoie 23 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Bobby Wallace 21 Cleveland Spiders 3
Willie Keeler 19 Baltimore Orioles 4
Jimmy Ryan 17 Chicago Colts 5
Elmer Smith 17 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Candy LaChance 16 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 7
Kip Selbach 16 Washington Senators  
Ed Delahanty 15 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bill Lange 14 Chicago Colts 10
Ed McKean 14 Cleveland Spiders  
Perry Werden 14 Louisville Colonels  
Fred Clarke 13 Louisville Colonels 13
Jimmy Collins 13 Boston Beaneaters  
Duff Cooley 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Joyce 13 New York Giants  
Chick Stahl 13 Boston Beaneaters  
John Anderson 12 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 18
Jake Beckley 12 New York Giants  
Cincinnati Reds  
Steve Brodie 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willie Clark 12 New York Giants  
Tuck Turner 12 St. Louis Browns  
Monte Cross 11 St. Louis Browns 23
Mike Griffin 11 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Tom McCreery 11 Louisville Colonels  
New York Giants  



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

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).

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.