Triples : 1986 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1986 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Brett Butler 14 Cleveland Indians 1
Ruben Sierra 10 Texas Rangers 2
Joe Carter 9 Cleveland Indians 3
Tony Fernandez 9 Toronto Blue Jays  
Randy Bush 7 Minnesota Twins 5
Oddibe McDowell 7 Texas Rangers  
Spike Owen 7 Seattle Mariners  
Boston Red Sox  
Lonnie Smith 7 Kansas City Royals  
Alan Trammell 7 Detroit Tigers  
Willie Wilson 7 Kansas City Royals  
Robin Yount 7 Milwaukee Brewers  
George Bell 6 Toronto Blue Jays 12
Greg Gagne 6 Minnesota Twins  
Alfredo Griffin 6 Oakland Athletics  
Paul Molitor 6 Milwaukee Brewers  
Kirby Puckett 6 Minnesota Twins  
Dick Schofield 6 California Angels  
Danny Tartabull 6 Seattle Mariners  
Willie Upshaw 6 Toronto Blue Jays  
Greg Walker 6 Chicago White Sox  
Lou Whitaker 6 Detroit Tigers  
Scott Fletcher 5 Texas Rangers 22
Julio Franco 5 Cleveland Indians  
Rickey Henderson 5 New York Yankees  
Tim Hulett 5 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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.