Triples : 1923 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1923 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Pie Traynor 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Edd Roush 18 Cincinnati Reds 3
Billy Southworth 16 Boston Braves 4
Jim Bottomley 14 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Irish Meusel 14 New York Giants  
Clyde Barnhart 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
George Burns 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Fournier 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Charlie Grimm 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ross Youngs 12 New York Giants 11
Bernie Friberg 11 Chicago Cubs 12
Jimmy Johnston 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Sam Bohne 10 Cincinnati Reds 14
Jake Daubert 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Frankie Frisch 10 New York Giants  
Rogers Hornsby 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ike Caveney 9 Cincinnati Reds 18
Max Flack 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tommy Griffith 9 Brooklyn Robins  
Bubbles Hargrave 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Andy High 9 Brooklyn Robins  
Rabbit Maranville 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Stuffy McInnis 9 Boston Braves  
Heinie Mueller 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.

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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.