Top 25 Triples in 1979 in the American League

Triples : 1979 American League Top 25

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"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)

1979 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Triples Team Rank

George Brett 20 Kansas City Royals 1

Paul Molitor 16 Milwaukee Brewers 2

Willie Randolph 13 New York Yankees 3

Willie Wilson 13 Kansas City Royals

Alfredo Griffin 10 Toronto Blue Jays 5

Ron LeFlore 10 Detroit Tigers

Darrell Porter 10 Kansas City Royals

Kiko Garcia 9 Baltimore Orioles 8

Ruppert Jones 9 Seattle Mariners

Alan Bannister 8 Chicago White Sox 10

John Castino 8 Minnesota Twins

Mickey Rivers 8 New York Yankees

Texas Rangers

Lou Whitaker 8 Detroit Tigers

Al Cowens 7 Kansas City Royals 14

Butch Hobson 7 Boston Red Sox

Dan Meyer 7 Seattle Mariners

Bruce Bochte 6 Seattle Mariners 17

Jim Norris 6 Cleveland Indians

Jim Rice 6 Boston Red Sox

Leon Roberts 6 Seattle Mariners

Rob Wilfong 6 Minnesota Twins

Bob Bailor 5 Toronto Blue Jays 22

Rick Burleson 5 Boston Red Sox

Dan Ford 5 California Angels

Danny Goodwin 5 Minnesota Twins

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.

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.

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

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