Triples : 2001 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
 

2001 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cristian Guzman 14 Minnesota Twins 1
Roberto Alomar 12 Cleveland Indians 2
Carlos Beltran 12 Kansas City Royals  
Roger Cedeno 11 Detroit Tigers 4
Ray Durham 10 Chicago White Sox 5
Mark McLemore 9 Seattle Mariners 6
Ichiro Suzuki 8 Seattle Mariners 7
Omar Vizquel 8 Cleveland Indians  
Damion Easley 7 Detroit Tigers 9
Juan Encarnacion 7 Detroit Tigers  
Shane Halter 7 Detroit Tigers  
Shannon Stewart 7 Toronto Blue Jays  
Tony Batista 6 Toronto Blue Jays 13
Baltimore Orioles  
Bobby Higginson 6 Detroit Tigers  
Jose Macias 6 Detroit Tigers  
Troy O'Leary 6 Boston Red Sox  
Luis Rivas 6 Minnesota Twins  
Randy Winn 6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Mike Cameron 5 Seattle Mariners 19
Frank Catalanotto 5 Texas Rangers  
Alex Gonzalez 5 Toronto Blue Jays  
Jerry Hairston, Jr. 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Torii Hunter 5 Minnesota Twins  
Raul Ibanez 5 Kansas City Royals  
Rey Sanchez 5 Kansas City Royals  



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.

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?

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