Triples : 1938 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1938 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Mize 16 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Don Gutteridge 15 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Gus Suhr 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Ernie Koy 13 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Lew Riggs 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Dolph Camilli 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Stan Hack 11 Chicago Cubs  
Goody Rosen 11 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ival Goodman 10 Cincinnati Reds 9
Carl Reynolds 10 Chicago Cubs  
Enos Slaughter 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Craft 9 Cincinnati Reds 12
Augie Galan 9 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Rizzo 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ripper Collins 8 Chicago Cubs 15
Kiki Cuyler 8 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Lee Handley 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Medwick 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Frank Demaree 7 Chicago Cubs 19
Elbie Fletcher 7 Boston Bees  
Billy Herman 7 Chicago Cubs  
Al Todd 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lloyd Waner 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jimmy Brown 6 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Lonny Frey 6 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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?