Triples : 1959 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:

"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)
 

1959 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Allison 9 Washington Senators 1
Gil McDougald 8 New York Yankees 2
Tony Kubek 7 New York Yankees 3
Harvey Kuenn 7 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Landis 7 Chicago White Sox  
Roger Maris 7 Kansas City Athletics  
Nellie Fox 6 Chicago White Sox 7
Elston Howard 6 New York Yankees  
Vic Power 6 Cleveland Indians  
Bobby Richardson 6 New York Yankees  
Pete Runnels 6 Boston Red Sox  
Bill Tuttle 6 Kansas City Athletics  
Luis Aparicio 5 Chicago White Sox 13
Julio Becquer 5 Washington Senators  
Joe DeMaestri 5 Kansas City Athletics  
Marty Keough 5 Boston Red Sox  
Hector Lopez 5 Kansas City Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Jerry Lumpe 5 New York Yankees  
Kansas City Athletics  
Bill Skowron 5 New York Yankees  
Willie Tasby 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Bob Cerv 4 Kansas City Athletics 21
Gary Geiger 4 Boston Red Sox  
Mickey Mantle 4 New York Yankees  
Jim Rivera 4 Chicago White Sox  
Al Smith 4 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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

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.