Triples : 1973 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1973 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roger Metzger 14 Houston Astros 1
Garry Maddox 10 San Francisco Giants 2
Gary Matthews 10 San Francisco Giants  
Willie Davis 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Lou Brock 8 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Darrell Evans 8 Atlanta Braves  
Pete Rose 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Al Oliver 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Manny Sanguillen 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Richie Zisk 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hal Breeden 6 Montreal Expos 11
Ralph Garr 6 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Lum 6 Atlanta Braves  
Jose Cruz 5 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Tito Fuentes 5 San Francisco Giants  
Davey Lopes 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Rick Monday 5 Chicago Cubs  
Willie Montanez 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Marty Perez 5 Atlanta Braves  
Jimmy Wynn 5 Houston Astros  
Bob Bailey 4 Montreal Expos 21
Dusty Baker 4 Atlanta Braves  
Bobby Bonds 4 San Francisco Giants  
Ron Cey 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Cito Gaston 4 San Diego Padres  



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?

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.