Triples : 1957 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)
 

1957 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie Mays 20 New York Giants 1
Bill Virdon 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Bill Bruton 9 Milwaukee Braves 3
Eddie Mathews 9 Milwaukee Braves  
Richie Ashburn 8 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Ed Bouchee 8 Philadelphia Phillies  
Wes Covington 8 Milwaukee Braves  
Al Dark 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Schoendienst 8 New York Giants  
Milwaukee Braves  
Don Blasingame 7 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Roberto Clemente 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gil Hodges 7 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Logan 7 Milwaukee Braves  
Bill Mazeroski 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Charlie Neal 7 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Duke Snider 7 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bobby Thomson 7 Milwaukee Braves  
New York Giants  
Hank Aaron 6 Milwaukee Braves 18
Ernie Banks 6 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Skinner 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gene Baker 5 Chicago Cubs 21
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gino Cimoli 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Dick Groat 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Granny Hamner 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Eddie Kasko 5 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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.