Triples : 1909 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1909 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Mitchell 17 Cincinnati Reds 1
Ed Konetchy 14 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Sherry Magee 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dots Miller 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Whitey Alperman 12 Brooklyn Superbas 5
Red Murray 12 New York Giants  
Chief Wilson 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred Clarke 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Larry Doyle 11 New York Giants  
Dick Hoblitzel 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Wildfire Schulte 11 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Tinker 11 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Abstein 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Mickey Doolan 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Honus Wagner 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rube Ellis 9 St. Louis Cardinals 16
George Gibson 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Hummel 9 Brooklyn Superbas  
Ed Lennox 9 Brooklyn Superbas  
Bobby Byrne 8 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Devlin 8 New York Giants  
Tommy Leach 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Moose McCormick 8 New York Giants  
Al Shaw 7 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Fred Beck 6 Boston Doves 25



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).

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.