Triples : 1899 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)
 

1899 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jimmy Williams 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Buck Freeman 25 Washington Senators 2
Chick Stahl 19 Boston Beaneaters 3
Jack McCarthy 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Fred Tenney 17 Boston Beaneaters  
Jake Beckley 16 Cincinnati Reds 6
Bill Keister 16 Baltimore Orioles  
Sam Mertes 16 Chicago Orphans  
Emmet Heidrick 14 St. Louis Perfectos 9
Joe Kelley 14 Brooklyn Superbas  
Bobby Wallace 14 St. Louis Perfectos  
Dummy Hoy 13 Louisville Colonels 12
Willie Keeler 13 Brooklyn Superbas  
Honus Wagner 13 Louisville Colonels  
Hughie Jennings 12 Brooklyn Superbas 15
Baltimore Orioles  
Dan McGann 12 Brooklyn Superbas  
Washington Senators  
Cupid Childs 11 St. Louis Perfectos 17
Jimmy Collins 11 Boston Beaneaters  
Elmer Flick 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Danny Green 11 Chicago Orphans  
Kip Selbach 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Wolverton 11 Chicago Orphans  
Frank Bowerman 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Willie Clark 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Candy LaChance 10 Baltimore Orioles  



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.