Triples : 1929 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1929 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Gehringer 19 Detroit Tigers 1
Russ Scarritt 17 Boston Red Sox 2
Bing Miller 16 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Dale Alexander 15 Detroit Tigers 4
Earle Combs 15 New York Yankees  
Lew Fonseca 15 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Johnson 14 Detroit Tigers 7
Earl Averill 13 Cleveland Indians 8
Alex Metzler 13 Chicago White Sox  
Bill Cissell 12 Chicago White Sox 10
Carl Reynolds 12 Chicago White Sox  
Tony Lazzeri 11 New York Yankees 12
Lu Blue 10 St. Louis Browns 13
Lou Gehrig 10 New York Yankees  
Heinie Manush 10 St. Louis Browns  
Ski Melillo 10 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Morgan 10 Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Myer 10 Washington Senators  
Sam Rice 10 Washington Senators  
Phil Todt 10 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Fothergill 9 Detroit Tigers 21
Jimmie Foxx 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Mule Haas 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Frank O'Rourke 9 St. Louis Browns  
Al Simmons 9 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).