Triples : 1958 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)
 

1958 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Richie Ashburn 13 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Ernie Banks 11 Chicago Cubs 2
Willie Mays 11 San Francisco Giants  
Bill Virdon 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Don Blasingame 10 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Roberto Clemente 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ken Boyer 9 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Dick Groat 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Roseboro 9 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Skinner 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Walt Moryn 7 Chicago Cubs 11
Harry Anderson 6 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Dick Gray 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Willie Kirkland 6 San Francisco Giants  
Bill Mazeroski 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Charlie Neal 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Frank Robinson 6 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Johnny Temple 6 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Ed Bouchee 5 Philadelphia Phillies 19
George Crowe 5 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Chico Fernandez 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Gilliam 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Norm Larker 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jerry Lynch 5 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Daryl Spencer 5 San Francisco Giants  



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).

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.