Top 25 Triples in 1970 in the National League

Triples : 1970 National League Top 25

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"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)

1970 Triples Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Triples Team Rank

Willie Davis 16 Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Don Kessinger 14 Chicago Cubs 2

Bobby Bonds 10 San Francisco Giants 3

Roberto Clemente 10 Pittsburgh Pirates

Cito Gaston 9 San Diego Padres 5

Joe Morgan 9 Houston Astros

Pete Rose 9 Cincinnati Reds

Bill Russell 9 Los Angeles Dodgers

Manny Sanguillen 9 Pittsburgh Pirates

Tony Taylor 9 Philadelphia Phillies

Joe Torre 9 St. Louis Cardinals

Matty Alou 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Billy Grabarkewitz 8 Los Angeles Dodgers

Bud Harrelson 8 New York Mets

Richie Hebner 8 Pittsburgh Pirates

Cleon Jones 8 New York Mets

Tommie Agee 7 New York Mets 17

Johnny Briggs 7 Philadelphia Phillies

Denny Doyle 7 Philadelphia Phillies

Tito Fuentes 7 San Francisco Giants

Joe Pepitone 7 Houston Astros

Chicago Cubs

Rusty Staub 7 Montreal Expos

Glenn Beckert 6 Chicago Cubs 23

Larry Bowa 6 Philadelphia Phillies

Jose Cardenal 6 St. Louis Cardinals

Name Triples Team Rank

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).

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.

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?

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