Triples : 1908 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
 

1908 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Hans Lobert 18 Cincinnati Reds 2
Tommy Leach 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Sherry Magee 16 Philadelphia Phillies  
Fred Clarke 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Red Murray 15 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Tinker 14 Chicago Cubs 7
Mike Donlin 13 New York Giants 8
John Hummel 12 Brooklyn Superbas 9
Ed Konetchy 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Lumley 12 Brooklyn Superbas  
Fred Osborn 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Delahanty 11 St. Louis Cardinals 13
John Ganzel 10 Cincinnati Reds 14
Roy Thomas 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry Doyle 9 New York Giants 16
Eddie Grant 8 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Otto Knabe 8 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ed Abbaticchio 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Kitty Bransfield 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rudy Hulswitt 7 Cincinnati Reds  
John Kane 7 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Maloney 7 Brooklyn Superbas  
Chief Wilson 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Bates 6 Boston Doves 25



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.

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.

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).