Top 25 Triples in 1969 in the National League

Triples : 1969 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1969 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Triples Team Rank

Roberto Clemente 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Pete Rose 11 Cincinnati Reds 2

Lou Brock 10 St. Louis Cardinals 3

Bobby Tolan 10 Cincinnati Reds

Billy Williams 10 Chicago Cubs

Nate Colbert 9 San Diego Padres 6

Willie Davis 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Maury Wills 8 Montreal Expos

Los Angeles Dodgers

Curt Blefary 7 Houston Astros 9

Ken Boswell 7 New York Mets

Cito Gaston 7 San Diego Padres

Matty Alou 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Bob Bailey 6 Montreal Expos

Bobby Bonds 6 San Francisco Giants

Johnny Edwards 6 Houston Astros

Ron Fairly 6 Los Angeles Dodgers

Montreal Expos

Bud Harrelson 6 New York Mets

Don Kessinger 6 Chicago Cubs

Ivan Murrell 6 San Diego Padres

Vada Pinson 6 St. Louis Cardinals

Manny Sanguillen 6 Pittsburgh Pirates

Willie Stargell 6 Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe Torre 6 St. Louis Cardinals

Johnny Callison 5 Philadelphia Phillies 24

Willie Crawford 5 Los Angeles Dodgers

Name Triples Team Rank

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.

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.

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?

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