Top 25 Triples in 1968 in the American League

Triples : 1968 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1968 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

Jim Fregosi 13 California Angels 1

Tommy McCraw 12 Chicago White Sox 2

Dick McAuliffe 10 Detroit Tigers 3

Ed Stroud 10 Washington Senators

Bert Campaneris 9 Oakland Athletics 5

Bob Allison 8 Minnesota Twins 6

Jose Cardenal 7 Cleveland Indians 7

Vic Davalillo 7 Cleveland Indians

California Angels

Rick Monday 7 Oakland Athletics

Jim Northrup 7 Detroit Tigers

Bill Robinson 7 New York Yankees

Del Unser 7 Washington Senators

Roy White 7 New York Yankees

Reggie Jackson 6 Oakland Athletics 14

Duane Josephson 6 Chicago White Sox

Brooks Robinson 6 Baltimore Orioles

Mickey Stanley 6 Detroit Tigers

Cesar Tovar 6 Minnesota Twins

Sal Bando 5 Oakland Athletics 19

Dave Nelson 5 Cleveland Indians

Tony Oliva 5 Minnesota Twins

Reggie Smith 5 Boston Red Sox

Ted Uhlaender 5 Minnesota Twins

Bernie Allen 4 Washington Senators 24

Luis Aparicio 4 Chicago White Sox

Name Triples Team Rank

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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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