Triples : 1966 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)
 

1966 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bobby Knoop 11 California Angels 1
Bert Campaneris 10 Kansas City Athletics 2
Ed Brinkman 9 Washington Senators 3
Tommie Agee 8 Chicago White Sox 4
Luis Aparicio 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Ed Charles 8 Kansas City Athletics  
Joe Foy 8 Boston Red Sox  
Dick McAuliffe 8 Detroit Tigers  
Don Buford 7 Chicago White Sox 9
Tony Conigliaro 7 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Fregosi 7 California Angels  
Mike Hershberger 7 Kansas City Athletics  
Tony Oliva 7 Minnesota Twins  
Paul Schaal 7 California Angels  
George Scott 7 Boston Red Sox  
Jose Tartabull 7 Kansas City Athletics  
Boston Red Sox  
Fred Valentine 7 Washington Senators  
Andy Etchebarren 6 Baltimore Orioles 18
Willie Horton 6 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Northrup 6 Detroit Tigers  
Zoilo Versalles 6 Minnesota Twins  
Paul Casanova 5 Washington Senators 22
Dalton Jones 5 Boston Red Sox  
Russ Snyder 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Larry Stahl 5 Kansas City Athletics  



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.

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.

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.