Triples : 1911 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1911 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Doyle 25 New York Giants 1
Mike Mitchell 22 Cincinnati Reds 2
Wildfire Schulte 21 Chicago Cubs 3
Bobby Byrne 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Heinie Zimmerman 17 Chicago Cubs  
Honus Wagner 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Red Murray 15 New York Giants 7
Johnny Bates 13 Cincinnati Reds 8
Fred Clarke 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Steve Evans 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dick Hoblitzel 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Ed Konetchy 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Zack Wheat 13 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Jim Doyle 12 Chicago Cubs 14
Joe Tinker 12 Chicago Cubs  
Chief Wilson 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rube Ellis 11 St. Louis Cardinals 17
John Hummel 11 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Fred Luderus 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jimmy Sheckard 11 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Bescher 10 Cincinnati Reds 21
Max Carey 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Josh DeVore 10 New York Giants  
Fred Merkle 10 New York Giants  
Fred Snodgrass 10 New York Giants  



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.

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.