Triples : 1940 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1940 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Arky Vaughan 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Chet Ross 14 Boston Bees 2
Dolph Camilli 13 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Johnny Mize 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Enos Slaughter 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Medwick 12 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Elliott 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Jim Gleeson 11 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Marty 8 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bama Rowell 8 Boston Bees  
Dixie Walker 8 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Elbie Fletcher 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Debs Garms 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frankie Gustine 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Nicholson 7 Chicago Cubs  
Maurice Van Robays 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dom Dallessandro 6 Chicago Cubs 17
Frank Demaree 6 New York Giants  
Lonny Frey 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Ival Goodman 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Stan Hack 6 Chicago Cubs  
Ernie Koy 6 Brooklyn Dodgers  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Stu Martin 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Vosmik 6 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Burgess Whitehead 6 New York Giants  



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

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).