Triples : 1895 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1895 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kip Selbach 22 Washington Senators 1
Sam Thompson 21 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Mike Tiernan 21 New York Giants  
Duff Cooley 20 St. Louis Browns 4
Jake Beckley 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Joe Kelley 19 Baltimore Orioles  
George Van Haltren 19 New York Giants  
Ed Cartwright 17 Washington Senators 8
Tommy Dowd 17 St. Louis Browns  
Ed McKean 17 Cleveland Spiders  
Bill Lange 16 Chicago Colts 11
Dusty Miller 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Keeler 15 Baltimore Orioles 13
John Anderson 14 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 14
Jesse Burkett 13 Cleveland Spiders 15
Monte Cross 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Buck Ewing 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Joyce 13 Washington Senators  
Frank Shugart 13 Louisville Colonels  
Jake Stenzel 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kid Gleason 12 Baltimore Orioles 21
Dummy Hoy 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Bid McPhee 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Heinie Peitz 12 St. Louis Browns  
Elmer Smith 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.