Triples : 1920 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)
 

1920 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hy Myers 22 Brooklyn Robins 1
Rogers Hornsby 20 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Edd Roush 16 Cincinnati Reds 3
Carson Bigbee 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Rabbit Maranville 15 Boston Braves  
Jack Fournier 14 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Ross Youngs 14 New York Giants  
Jake Daubert 13 Cincinnati Reds 8
Billy Southworth 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Zack Wheat 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Heinie Groh 12 Cincinnati Reds 11
Jimmy Johnston 12 Brooklyn Robins  
Ed Konetchy 12 Brooklyn Robins  
Ray Powell 12 Boston Braves  
Possum Whitted 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pat Duncan 11 Cincinnati Reds 16
Walter Holke 11 Boston Braves  
George Kelly 11 New York Giants  
Austin McHenry 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ivy Olson 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Dave Robertson 11 Chicago Cubs  
Frankie Frisch 10 New York Giants 22
Doc Lavan 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dode Paskert 10 Chicago Cubs  
Cy Williams 10 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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?