Triples : 2000 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

2000 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cristian Guzman 20 Minnesota Twins 1
Adam Kennedy 11 Anaheim Angels 2
Johnny Damon 10 Kansas City Royals 3
Ray Durham 9 Chicago White Sox 4
Luis Alicea 8 Texas Rangers 5
Trot Nixon 8 Boston Red Sox  
Torii Hunter 7 Minnesota Twins 7
Juan Encarnacion 6 Detroit Tigers 8
Darin Erstad 6 Anaheim Angels  
Jose Valentin 6 Chicago White Sox  
Bernie Williams 6 New York Yankees  
Royce Clayton 5 Texas Rangers 12
Deivi Cruz 5 Detroit Tigers  
Jose Cruz, Jr. 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Delino DeShields 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Jose Guillen 5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Stan Javier 5 Seattle Mariners  
Jacque Jones 5 Minnesota Twins  
Ricky Ledee 5 New York Yankees  
Cleveland Indians  
Texas Rangers  
Kenny Lofton 5 Cleveland Indians  
Jose Macias 5 Detroit Tigers  
Adam Piatt 5 Oakland Athletics  
Luis Polonia 5 Detroit Tigers  
New York Yankees  
Chris Singleton 5 Chicago White Sox  
Shannon Stewart 5 Toronto Blue Jays  



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

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.

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.