Triples : 1985 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1985 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Willie Wilson 21 Kansas City Royals 1
Brett Butler 14 Cleveland Indians 2
Kirby Puckett 13 Minnesota Twins 3
Tony Fernandez 10 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Jesse Barfield 9 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Ozzie Guillen 9 Chicago White Sox  
Phil Bradley 8 Seattle Mariners 7
Cecil Cooper 8 Milwaukee Brewers  
Gary Pettis 8 California Angels  
Lou Whitaker 8 Detroit Tigers  
Alfredo Griffin 7 Oakland Athletics 11
Larry Herndon 7 Detroit Tigers  
Lloyd Moseby 7 Toronto Blue Jays  
Jack Perconte 7 Seattle Mariners  
Ernest Riles 7 Milwaukee Brewers  
Alan Trammell 7 Detroit Tigers  
Gary Ward 7 Texas Rangers  
George Bell 6 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Tom Brookens 6 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Heath 6 Oakland Athletics  
Rudy Law 6 Chicago White Sox  
Spike Owen 6 Seattle Mariners  
Curtis Wilkerson 6 Texas Rangers  
Dave Winfield 6 New York Yankees  
Tony Armas 5 Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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?

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.