Triples : 1944 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1944 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Barrett 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Bob Elliott 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Phil Cavarretta 15 Chicago Cubs 3
Stan Musial 14 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Jim Russell 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Augie Galan 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Johnny Hopp 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tony Lupien 9 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ron Northey 9 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ray Sanders 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Phil Weintraub 9 New York Giants  
Bill Nicholson 8 Chicago Cubs 12
Johnny Rucker 8 New York Giants  
Dixie Walker 8 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Babe Dahlgren 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Whitey Kurowski 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tommy Holmes 6 Boston Braves 17
Roy Hughes 6 Chicago Cubs  
Butch Nieman 6 Boston Braves  
Frank Colman 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Walker Cooper 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Danny Litwhiler 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Phil Masi 5 Boston Braves  
Eddie Miller 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Luis Olmo 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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?

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.