Triples : 1898 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1898 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Anderson 22 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1
Washington Senators  
Dummy Hoy 16 Louisville Colonels 2
George Van Haltren 16 New York Giants  
Tommy Corcoran 15 Cincinnati Reds 4
Harry Davis 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Louisville Colonels  
Washington Senators  
Joe Kelley 15 Baltimore Orioles  
Elmer Flick 13 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Jimmy Ryan 13 Chicago Orphans  
Jake Stenzel 13 Baltimore Orioles  
St. Louis Browns  
Bobby Wallace 13 Cleveland Spiders  
Jake Beckley 12 Cincinnati Reds 11
Fred Clarke 12 Louisville Colonels  
Duff Cooley 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Algie McBride 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack McCarthy 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dusty Miller 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Hartman 11 New York Giants 17
Hughie Jennings 11 Baltimore Orioles  
Nap Lajoie 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Lange 11 Chicago Orphans  
Kip Selbach 11 Washington Senators  
Mike Tiernan 11 New York Giants  
Ducky Holmes 10 St. Louis Browns 23
Baltimore Orioles  
Herman Long 10 Boston Beaneaters  
Tom McCreery 10 New York Giants  
Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.