Triples : 1978 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1978 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Garry Templeton 13 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Dave Parker 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Gene Richards 12 San Diego Padres  
Jose Cruz 9 Houston Astros 4
Phil Garner 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Steve Garvey 9 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Henderson 9 New York Mets  
Larry Herndon 9 San Francisco Giants  
Frank Taveras 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Enos Cabell 8 Houston Astros 10
Jack Clark 8 San Francisco Giants  
Andre Dawson 8 Montreal Expos  
Doug Flynn 8 New York Mets  
Ken Griffey 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Jerry Morales 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Len Randle 8 New York Mets  
Jerry Royster 8 Atlanta Braves  
Joel Youngblood 8 New York Mets  
Ivan DeJesus 7 Chicago Cubs 19
George Foster 7 Cincinnati Reds  
Greg Gross 7 Chicago Cubs  
Omar Moreno 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jeff Burroughs 6 Atlanta Braves 23
Warren Cromartie 6 Montreal Expos  
Bobby Murcer 6 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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