Triples : 1959 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
 

1959 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wally Moon 11 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Charlie Neal 11 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Al Dark 9 Chicago Cubs 3
Vada Pinson 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill White 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Eddie Mathews 8 Milwaukee Braves 6
Tony Taylor 8 Chicago Cubs  
Hank Aaron 7 Milwaukee Braves 8
Don Blasingame 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Gino Cimoli 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Roberto Clemente 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dick Groat 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Koppe 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Roseboro 7 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Harry Anderson 6 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Ernie Banks 6 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Bruton 6 Milwaukee Braves  
Joe Cunningham 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Mazeroski 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Wally Post 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Temple 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Boyer 5 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Jackie Brandt 5 San Francisco Giants  
Smoky Burgess 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gene Freese 5 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.

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.

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).