Triples : 1969 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)
 

1969 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Del Unser 8 Washington Senators 1
Horace Clarke 7 New York Yankees 2
Reggie Smith 7 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Fregosi 6 California Angels 4
Dick Green 6 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Hegan 6 Seattle Pilots  
Lou Piniella 6 Kansas City Royals  
Ed Stroud 6 Washington Senators  
Luis Aparicio 5 Chicago White Sox 9
Paul Blair 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Ed Brinkman 5 Washington Senators  
Jimmie Hall 5 Cleveland Indians  
New York Yankees  
Jay Johnstone 5 California Angels  
Dick McAuliffe 5 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Northrup 5 Detroit Tigers  
Syd O'Brien 5 Boston Red Sox  
Frank Robinson 5 Baltimore Orioles  
George Scott 5 Boston Red Sox  
Cesar Tovar 5 Minnesota Twins  
Roy White 5 New York Yankees  
Bernie Allen 4 Washington Senators 21
Mark Belanger 4 Baltimore Orioles  
Leo Cardenas 4 Minnesota Twins  
Rod Carew 4 Minnesota Twins  
Norm Cash 4 Detroit Tigers  



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 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?

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.