Triples : 1942 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1942 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Stan Spence 15 Washington Senators 1
Joe DiMaggio 13 New York Yankees 2
Jeff Heath 13 Cleveland Indians  
Glenn McQuillen 12 St. Louis Browns 4
Don Gutteridge 11 St. Louis Browns 5
Barney McCosky 11 Detroit Tigers  
Lou Boudreau 10 Cleveland Indians 7
Ned Harris 10 Detroit Tigers  
Elmer Valo 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Charlie Keller 9 New York Yankees 10
Johnny Pesky 9 Boston Red Sox  
Buddy Blair 8 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Dom DiMaggio 8 Boston Red Sox  
Lou Finney 7 Boston Red Sox 14
Oris Hockett 7 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Johnson 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Chet Laabs 7 St. Louis Browns  
Tony Lupien 7 Boston Red Sox  
Phil Rizzuto 7 New York Yankees  
Dick Siebert 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Roy Weatherly 7 Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Hassett 6 New York Yankees 22
Wally Judnich 6 St. Louis Browns  
Ray Mack 6 Cleveland Indians  
Vern Stephens 6 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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).

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.