Triples : 1948 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1948 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 18 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Hopp 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Enos Slaughter 11 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Whitey Lockman 10 New York Giants 4
Eddie Waitkus 10 Chicago Cubs  
Nippy Jones 9 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Johnny Wyrostek 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Blatnik 8 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Willard Marshall 8 New York Giants  
Jackie Robinson 8 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Gene Hermanski 7 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Tommy Holmes 7 Boston Braves  
Mike McCormick 7 Boston Braves  
Al Dark 6 Boston Braves 14
Duke Snider 6 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ed Stevens 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Wally Westlake 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank Baumholtz 5 Cincinnati Reds 18
Phil Cavarretta 5 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Elliott 5 Boston Braves  
Granny Hamner 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jeff Heath 5 Boston Braves  
Gil Hodges 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ralph Kiner 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Danny Murtaugh 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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

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.

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.