1949 Triples Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Triples	Team	Rank
Dale Mitchell	23	Cleveland Indians	1
Bob Dillinger	13	St. Louis Browns	2
Elmer Valo	12	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Bobby Doerr	9	Boston Red Sox	4
George Kell	9	Detroit Tigers
Cass Michaels	9	Chicago White Sox
Gil Coan	8	Washington Senators	7
Dave Philley	8	Chicago White Sox
Johnny Pesky	7	Boston Red Sox	9
Phil Rizzuto	7	New York Yankees
Gene Woodling	7	New York Yankees
Eddie Yost	7	Washington Senators
Hank Bauer	6	New York Yankees	13
Joe DiMaggio	6	New York Yankees
Hoot Evers	6	Detroit Tigers
Chuck Kress	6	Chicago White Sox
Johnny Lipon	6	Detroit Tigers
Pat Mullin	6	Detroit Tigers
Pete Suder	6	Philadelphia Athletics
Vic Wertz	6	Detroit Tigers
Luke Appling	5	Chicago White Sox	21
Jerry Coleman	5	New York Yankees
Dom DiMaggio	5	Boston Red Sox
Ferris Fain	5	Philadelphia Athletics
Johnny Groth	5	Detroit Tigers
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. 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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.