Triples : 2006 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

2006 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Crawford 16 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1
Grady Sizemore 11 Cleveland Indians 2
Curtis Granderson 9 Detroit Tigers 3
Ichiro Suzuki 9 Seattle Mariners  
Chone Figgins 8 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5
Jose Lopez 8 Seattle Mariners  
David DeJesus 7 Kansas City Royals 7
Nick Punto 7 Minnesota Twins  
Mark Teahen 7 Kansas City Royals  
Rocco Baldelli 6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10
Yuniesky Betancourt 6 Seattle Mariners  
Luis Castillo 6 Minnesota Twins  
Adam Kennedy 6 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Gary Matthews, Jr. 6 Texas Rangers  
Scott Podsednik 6 Chicago White Sox  
Alex Rios 6 Toronto Blue Jays  
Marco Scutaro 6 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Cuddyer 5 Minnesota Twins 18
Johnny Damon 5 New York Yankees  
Esteban German 5 Kansas City Royals  
Carlos Guillen 5 Detroit Tigers  
Raul Ibanez 5 Seattle Mariners  
Corey Patterson 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Jeremy Reed 5 Seattle Mariners  
Vernon Wells 5 Toronto Blue Jays  



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.

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