Triples : 1918 American 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
 

1918 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 14 Detroit Tigers 1
Harry Hooper 13 Boston Red Sox 2
Bobby Veach 13 Detroit Tigers  
Braggo Roth 12 Cleveland Indians 4
Shano Collins 11 Chicago White Sox 5
Babe Ruth 11 Boston Red Sox  
Tris Speaker 11 Cleveland Indians  
Eddie Ainsmith 9 Washington Senators 8
George Burns 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Pipp 9 New York Yankees  
George Sisler 9 St. Louis Browns  
Amos Strunk 9 Boston Red Sox  
Ray Chapman 8 Cleveland Indians 13
Joe Evans 7 Cleveland Indians 14
Joe Judge 7 Washington Senators  
Merlin Kopp 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Nemo Leibold 7 Chicago White Sox  
Steve O'Neill 7 Cleveland Indians  
Del Pratt 7 New York Yankees  
Burt Shotton 7 Washington Senators  
Ping Bodie 6 New York Yankees 21
Larry Gardner 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Harry Heilmann 6 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Baker 5 New York Yankees 24
Ray Demmitt 5 St. Louis Browns  



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?

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