Triples : 1876 National 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
 

1876 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ross Barnes 14 Chicago White Stockings 1
George Hall 13 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Lip Pike 10 St. Louis Brown Stockings 3
Levi Meyerle 8 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Cap Anson 7 Chicago White Stockings 5
Ezra Sutton 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tom York 7 Hartford Dark Blues  
George Bradley 6 St. Louis Brown Stockings 8
Lew Brown 6 Boston Red Caps  
Jimmy Hallinan 6 New York Mutuals  
George Wright 6 Boston Red Caps  
Bob Ferguson 5 Hartford Dark Blues 12
Chick Fulmer 5 Louisville Grays  
Jack Remsen 5 Hartford Dark Blues  
Joe Battin 4 St. Louis Brown Stockings 15
Joe Blong 4 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Charley Jones 4 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Joe Gerhardt 3 Louisville Grays 18
Paul Hines 3 Chicago White Stockings  
Lon Knight 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tim Murnane 3 Boston Red Caps  
Jim O'Rourke 3 Boston Red Caps  
John Clapp 2 St. Louis Brown Stockings 23
Will Foley 2 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
John Glenn 2 Chicago White Stockings  



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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

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.