Triples : 1945 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1945 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Luis Olmo 13 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Andy Pafko 12 Chicago Cubs 2
Goody Rosen 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Johnny Rucker 11 New York Giants  
Phil Cavarretta 10 Chicago Cubs 5
Al Gionfriddo 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Dixie Walker 9 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Babe Dahlgren 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
George Hausmann 8 New York Giants  
Johnny Hopp 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Russell 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Emil Verban 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jimmy Wasdell 8 Philadelphia Phillies  
Augie Galan 7 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Stan Hack 7 Chicago Cubs  
Peanuts Lowrey 7 Chicago Cubs  
Frenchy Bordagaray 6 Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Bob Elliott 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tommy Holmes 6 Boston Braves  
Red Schoendienst 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Frankie Gustine 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Al Libke 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Marty Marion 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tommy O'Brien 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Eddie Stanky 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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.

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