Triples : 1905 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)
 

1905 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cy Seymour 21 Cincinnati Reds 1
Sherry Magee 17 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Sam Mertes 17 New York Giants  
Mike Donlin 16 New York Giants 4
Homer Smoot 16 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Clarke 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
George Browne 14 New York Giants 7
Tommy Leach 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Maloney 14 Chicago Cubs  
Dan McGann 14 New York Giants  
Wildfire Schulte 14 Chicago Cubs  
John Titus 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Honus Wagner 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Abbaticchio 12 Boston Beaneaters 14
Shad Barry 12 Chicago Cubs  
Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Chance 12 Chicago Cubs  
Emil Batch 11 Brooklyn Superbas 17
Dave Brain 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tommy Corcoran 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Mickey Doolan 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jimmy Sheckard 11 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jake Beckley 10 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Doc Casey 10 Chicago Cubs  
Harry Lumley 10 Brooklyn Superbas  
Kitty Bransfield 9 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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).

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.

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?