Triples : 1877 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1877 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Deacon White 11 Boston Red Caps 1
Charley Jones 10 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2
Chicago White Stockings  
Lew Brown 8 Boston Red Caps 3
George Hall 8 Louisville Grays  
Joe Battin 7 St. Louis Brown Stockings 5
Mike Dorgan 7 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Paul Hines 7 Chicago White Stockings  
Jack Manning 7 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Cal McVey 7 Chicago White Stockings  
Tom York 7 Hartford Dark Blues  
John Clapp 6 St. Louis Brown Stockings 11
Juice Latham 6 Louisville Grays  
Al Spalding 6 Chicago White Stockings  
Joe Start 6 Hartford Dark Blues  
Ezra Sutton 6 Boston Red Caps  
John Cassidy 5 Hartford Dark Blues 16
Joe Gerhardt 5 Louisville Grays  
Terry Larkin 5 Hartford Dark Blues  
Orator Shafer 5 Louisville Grays  
Jim O'Rourke 4 Boston Red Caps 20
Lip Pike 4 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Jack Remsen 4 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Bob Addy 3 Cincinnati Red Stockings 23
Joe Blong 3 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Tommy Bond 3 Boston Red Caps  



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.

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.