Triples : 1902 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)
 

1902 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Crawford 22 Cincinnati Reds 1
Tommy Leach 22 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Honus Wagner 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Fred Clarke 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Ed Gremminger 12 Boston Beaneaters 5
Jimmy Sheckard 10 Brooklyn Superbas 6
Kitty Bransfield 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Duff Cooley 8 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Dahlen 8 Brooklyn Superbas  
Otto Krueger 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jake Beckley 7 Cincinnati Reds 11
Cozy Dolan 7 Brooklyn Superbas  
Rudy Hulswitt 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dan McGann 7 New York Giants  
Harry Steinfeldt 7 Cincinnati Reds  
Roy Thomas 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Shad Barry 6 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Ginger Beaumont 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank Bowerman 6 New York Giants  
George Browne 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
New York Giants  
Wid Conroy 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gene DeMontreville 5 Boston Beaneaters 22
John Dobbs 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Chicago Cubs  
John Farrell 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Willie Keeler 5 Brooklyn Superbas  



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

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?

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.