Triples : 1965 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1965 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bert Campaneris 12 Kansas City Athletics 1
Zoilo Versalles 12 Minnesota Twins  
Luis Aparicio 10 Baltimore Orioles 3
Willie Smith 9 California Angels 4
Don Blasingame 8 Washington Senators 5
Wayne Causey 8 Kansas City Athletics  
Ed Charles 7 Kansas City Athletics 7
Jim Fregosi 7 California Angels  
Nelson Mathews 7 Kansas City Athletics  
Clete Boyer 6 New York Yankees 10
Lenny Green 6 Boston Red Sox  
Chuck Hinton 6 Cleveland Indians  
Frank Howard 6 Washington Senators  
Dick McAuliffe 6 Detroit Tigers  
Ken McMullen 6 Washington Senators  
Floyd Robinson 6 Chicago White Sox  
Tom Tresh 6 New York Yankees  
Bob Allison 5 Minnesota Twins 18
Billy Bryan 5 Kansas City Athletics  
Don Buford 5 Chicago White Sox  
Tony Conigliaro 5 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Hershberger 5 Kansas City Athletics  
Dalton Jones 5 Boston Red Sox  
Tony Oliva 5 Minnesota Twins  
Ken Berry 4 Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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.