Triples : 1931 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)
 

1931 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Terry 20 New York Giants 1
Babe Herman 16 Brooklyn Robins 2
Pie Traynor 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Del Bissonette 14 Brooklyn Robins 4
Lloyd Waner 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
George Watkins 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Estel Crabtree 12 Cincinnati Reds 7
Kiki Cuyler 12 Chicago Cubs  
Tony Cuccinello 11 Cincinnati Reds 9
Charlie Grimm 11 Chicago Cubs  
Lefty O'Doul 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Ripper Collins 10 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Travis Jackson 10 New York Giants  
Chuck Klein 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Paul Waner 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Red Worthington 10 Boston Braves  
Harvey Hendrick 9 Brooklyn Robins 17
Cincinnati Reds  
Wally Berger 8 Boston Braves 18
Woody English 8 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Frederick 8 Brooklyn Robins  
Chick Hafey 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pepper Martin 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mel Ott 8 New York Giants  
Buzz Arlett 7 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Dick Bartell 7 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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.