Triples : 1900 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1900 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Charlie Hickman 17 New York Giants 2
Joe Kelley 17 Brooklyn Superbas  
Elmer Flick 16 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Chick Stahl 16 Boston Beaneaters  
Jesse Burkett 15 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Sam Crawford 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Buck Freeman 13 Boston Beaneaters 8
Fred Clarke 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Willie Keeler 12 Brooklyn Superbas  
Nap Lajoie 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kip Selbach 12 New York Giants  
Bill Dahlen 11 Brooklyn Superbas 13
Elmer Smith 11 Cincinnati Reds  
New York Giants  
Jimmy Williams 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jake Beckley 10 Cincinnati Reds 16
Ed Delahanty 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Keister 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jimmy Sheckard 10 Brooklyn Superbas  
Chief Zimmer 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ginger Beaumont 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Tommy Corcoran 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Dan McGann 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jimmy Slagle 9 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bobby Wallace 9 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.