Top 25 Triples in 1905 in the American League

Triples : 1905 American League Top 25

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"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)

1905 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

Elmer Flick 18 Cleveland Naps 1

Hobe Ferris 16 Boston Americans 2

Terry Turner 14 Cleveland Naps 3

Jesse Burkett 13 Boston Americans 4

George Stone 13 St. Louis Browns

Charlie Hickman 12 Detroit Tigers 6

Washington Senators

Fielder Jones 12 Chicago White Sox

Jake Stahl 12 Washington Senators

Wid Conroy 11 New York Highlanders 9

Frank Isbell 11 Chicago White Sox

Harry Bay 10 Cleveland Naps 11

Sam Crawford 10 Detroit Tigers

Danny Hoffman 10 Philadelphia Athletics

Duff Cooley 9 Detroit Tigers 14

Germany Schaefer 9 Detroit Tigers

Bobby Wallace 9 St. Louis Browns

Buck Freeman 8 Boston Americans 17

Topsy Hartsel 8 Philadelphia Athletics

Frank Huelsman 8 Washington Senators

Jimmy Williams 8 New York Highlanders

John Anderson 7 New York Highlanders 21

Washington Senators

Lou Criger 7 Boston Americans

Joe Yeager 7 New York Highlanders

Bill Bradley 6 Cleveland Naps 24

Nixey Callahan 6 Chicago White Sox

Name Triples Team Rank

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

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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