Single Season Leaders for Triples

Speed is the key to making this chart and only one member of the 500 Home Runs Club is listed (guess before you look). Are players today faster than they once were? Are they slower? There are many arguments supporting both sides, supporting better defense, supporting better pitching but the truth is only one active player appears anywhere on this chart.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time single season leaders in Major League triples. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"We'd play a whole game with one ball..." - Hall of Famer Sam Crawford (#9 Overall Single Season Leader for Triples)
Triples
Single Season Leaders

'Top 100'
Chief Wilson 36 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 1
Dave Orr 31 1886 New York Metropolitans AA 2
Heinie Reitz 31 1894 Baltimore Orioles NL  
Perry Werden 29 1893 St. Louis Browns NL 4
Harry Davis 28 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 5
George Davis 27 1893 New York Giants NL 6
Sam Thompson 27 1894 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Jimmy Williams 27 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Sam Crawford 26 1914 Detroit Tigers AL 9
Kiki Cuyler 26 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Joe Jackson 26 1912 Cleveland Naps AL  
John Reilly 26 1890 Cincinnati Reds NL  
George Treadway 26 1894 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL  
Roger Connor 25 1894 New York Giants NL 14
St. Louis Browns NL
Sam Crawford 25 1903 Detroit Tigers AL  
Larry Doyle 25 1911 New York Giants NL  
Buck Freeman 25 1899 Washington Senators NL  
Tom Long 25 1915 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Ty Cobb 24 1911 Detroit Tigers AL 19
Ty Cobb 24 1917 Detroit Tigers AL  
Ed McKean 24 1893 Cleveland Spiders NL  
Dan Brouthers 23 1894 Baltimore Orioles NL 22
Ty Cobb 23 1912 Detroit Tigers AL  
Earle Combs 23 1927 New York Yankees AL  
Adam Comorosky 23 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Sam Crawford 23 1913 Detroit Tigers AL  
Curtis Granderson 23 2007 Detroit Tigers AL  
Nap Lajoie 23 1897 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Dale Mitchell 23 1949 Cleveland Indians AL  
Elmer Smith 23 1893 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Harry Stovey 23 1884 Philadelphia Athletics AA  
Sam Thompson 23 1887 Detroit Wolverines NL  
John Anderson 22 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL 33
Washington Senators NL
Jake Beckley 22 1890 Pittsburgh Burghers PL  
Bill Bradley 22 1903 Cleveland Blues AL  
Earle Combs 22 1930 New York Yankees AL  
Roger Connor 22 1887 New York Giants NL  
Sam Crawford 22 1902 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Birdie Cree 22 1911 New York Highlanders AL  
Jake Daubert 22 1922 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Elmer Flick 22 1906 Cleveland Naps AL  
Willie Keeler 22 1894 Baltimore Orioles NL  
Tommy Leach 22 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Bid McPhee 22 1890 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Mike Mitchell 22 1911 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Hy Myers 22 1920 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Kip Selbach 22 1895 Washington Senators NL  
Tris Speaker 22 1913 Boston Red Sox AL  
Snuffy Stirnweiss 22 1945 New York Yankees AL  
Joe Visner 22 1890 Pittsburgh Burghers PL  
Honus Wagner 22 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Paul Waner 22 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Frank Baker 21 1912 Philadelphia Athletics AL 53
Tom Brown 21 1891 Boston Red Stockings AA  
Earle Combs 21 1928 New York Yankees AL  
Sam Crawford 21 1912 Detroit Tigers AL  
Ed Delahanty 21 1892 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Joe Jackson 21 1916 Chicago White Sox AL  
Lance Johnson 21 1996 New York Mets NL  
Bill Keister 21 1901 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Tom McCreery 21 1896 Louisville Colonels NL  
Dave Orr 21 1885 New York Metropolitans AA  
Edd Roush 21 1924 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Vic Saier 21 1913 Chicago Cubs NL  
Wildfire Schulte 21 1911 Chicago Cubs NL  
Cy Seymour 21 1905 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Billy Shindle 21 1890 Philadelphia Quakers PL  
Sam Thompson 21 1895 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Mike Tiernan 21 1890 New York Giants NL  
Mike Tiernan 21 1895 New York Giants NL  
George Van Haltren 21 1896 New York Giants NL  
Bobby Wallace 21 1897 Cleveland Spiders NL  
Jimmy Williams 21 1901 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Jimmy Williams 21 1902 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Willie Wilson 21 1985 Kansas City Royals AL  
Jim Bottomley 20 1928 St. Louis Cardinals NL 76
George Brett 20 1979 Kansas City Royals AL  
Dan Brouthers 20 1887 Detroit Wolverines NL  
Dan Brouthers 20 1892 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL  
Ty Cobb 20 1908 Detroit Tigers AL  
Roger Connor 20 1886 New York Giants NL  
Duff Cooley 20 1895 St. Louis Browns NL  
Tommy Corcoran 20 1894 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL  
Buck Ewing 20 1884 New York Gothams NL  
Jocko Fields 20 1890 Pittsburgh Burghers PL  
Buck Freeman 20 1903 Boston Americans AL  
Lou Gehrig 20 1926 New York Yankees AL  
Goose Goslin 20 1925 Washington Senators AL  
Cristian Guzman 20 2000 Minnesota Twins AL  
Jeff Heath 20 1941 Cleveland Indians AL  
Rogers Hornsby 20 1920 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Joe Jackson 20 1920 Chicago White Sox AL  
Dick Johnston 20 1887 Boston Beaneaters NL  
Joe Kelley 20 1894 Baltimore Orioles NL  
Heinie Manush 20 1928 St. Louis Browns AL  
Rabbit Maranville 20 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Willie Mays 20 1957 New York Giants NL  
Dots Miller 20 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Red Murray 20 1912 New York Giants NL  
Stan Musial 20 1943 St. Louis Cardinals NL 100
Stan Musial 20 1946 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Jimmy Rollins 20 2007 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Jake Stenzel 20 1894 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
George Stone 20 1906 St. Louis Browns AL  
Harry Stovey 20 1888 Philadelphia Athletics AA  
Harry Stovey 20 1891 Boston Beaneaters NL  
Bill Terry 20 1931 New York Giants NL  
Jake Virtue 20 1892 Cleveland Spiders NL  
Joe Vosmik 20 1935 Cleveland Indians AL  
Honus Wagner 20 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Curt Walker 20 1926 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Lloyd Waner 20 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Perry Werden 20 1890 Toledo Maumees AA  
Current Through End of 2007 Regular Season


Sam Crawford, who is the career triples leader, appears in the top fifty four (4) times. Can any modern player ever match or eclipse his record? Share your thoughts on our baseball message board today.

Jackie Jensen led his league in runs batted in during the 1958 and 1959 seasons, yet he did not hit a single triple in either of those two (2) seasons.

Did you know that Sam Crawford and Stan Musial both led the league in triples for five (5) different seasons — a Major League record?
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