List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders

Chief Wilson of the Pittsburgh Pirates set the all-time record for triples in a season with 36 in 1912.

In baseball, a triple is recorded when the ball is hit so that the batter is able to advance all the way to third base, scoring any runners who were already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the play. In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league ^[L] is recognized for leading the league in triples.^[1] Only triples hit in a particular league count toward that league's seasonal lead.

The first triples champion in the National League was Ross Barnes; in the league's inaugural 1876 season, Barnes hit fourteen triples for the Chicago White Stockings.^[2] In 1901, the American League was established and led by two members of the Baltimore Orioles: Bill Keister and Jimmy Williams each had 21.^[3]^[4] Sam Crawford and Turkey Stearnes each led their respective leagues (the American League and Negro league baseball) six times, which is the most for any player.^[5]

American League[]

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1901	Bill Keister Jimmy Williams	Baltimore Orioles	21
1902	Jimmy Williams	Baltimore Orioles	21
1903	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	25
1904	Joe Cassidy Buck Freeman Chick Stahl	Washington Senators Boston Americans Boston Americans	19
1905	Elmer Flick	Cleveland Naps	18
1906	Elmer Flick	Cleveland Naps	22
1907	Elmer Flick	Cleveland Naps	18
1908	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	20
1909	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	19
1910	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	19
1911	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	24
1912	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	26
1913	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	23
1914	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	26
1915	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	19
1916	Joe Jackson	Chicago White Sox	21
1917	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	24
1918	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	14
1919	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	17
1920	Joe Jackson	Chicago White Sox	20
1921	Howie Shanks George Sisler Jack Tobin	Washington Senators St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns	18
1922	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	18
1923	Goose Goslin Sam Rice	Washington Senators	18
1924	Wally Pipp	New York Yankees	19
1925	Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	20
1926	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	20
1927	Earle Combs	New York Yankees	23
1928	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	21
1929	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	19
1930	Earle Combs	New York Yankees	22
1931	Roy Johnson	Detroit Tigers	19
1932	Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	18
1933	Heinie Manush	Washington Senators	17
1934	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	13
1935	Joe Vosmik	Cleveland Indians	20
1936	Earl Averill Joe DiMaggio Red Rolfe	Cleveland Indians New York Yankees New York Yankees	15
1937	Mike Kreevich Dixie Walker	Chicago White Sox	16
1938	Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	18
1939	Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	16
1940	Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	19
1941	Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	20
1942	Stan Spence	Washington Senators	15
1943	Johnny Lindell Wally Moses	New York Yankees Chicago White Sox	12
1944	Johnny Lindell Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	16
1945	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	22
1946	Hank Edwards	Cleveland Indians	16
1947	Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	13
1948	Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	14
1949	Dale Mitchell	Cleveland Indians	23
1950	Dom DiMaggio Bobby Doerr Hoot Evers	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers	11
1951	Minnie Miñoso	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox	14
1952	Bobby Ávila	Cleveland Indians	11
1953	Jim Rivera	Chicago White Sox	16
1954	Minnie Miñoso	Chicago White Sox	18
1955	Andy Carey Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees New York Yankees	11
1956	Jackie Jensen Jim Lemon Minnie Miñoso Harry Simpson	Boston Red Sox Washington Senators Chicago White Sox Kansas City Athletics	11
1957	Hank Bauer Gil McDougald Harry Simpson	New York Yankees New York Yankees Kansas City/New York	9
1958	Vic Power	Kansas City Athletics Cleveland Indians	10
1959	Bob Allison	Washington Senators	9
1960	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	10
1961	Jake Wood	Detroit Tigers	14
1962	Gino Cimoli	Kansas City Athletics	15
1963	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	13
1964	Rich Rollins Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	10
1965	Bert Campaneris Zoilo Versalles	Kansas City Athletics Minnesota Twins	12
1966	Bobby Knoop	California Angels	11
1967	Paul Blair	Baltimore Orioles	12
1968	Jim Fregosi	California Angels	13
1969	Del Unser	Washington Senators	8
1970	César Tovar	Minnesota Twins	13
1971	Freddie Patek	Kansas City Royals	11
1972	Carlton Fisk Joe Rudi	Boston Red Sox Oakland Athletics	9
1973	Al Bumbry Rod Carew	Baltimore Orioles Minnesota Twins	11
1974	Mickey Rivers	California Angels	11
1975	George Brett Mickey Rivers	Kansas City Royals California Angels	13
1976	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	14
1977	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	16
1978	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	15
1979	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	20
1980	Alfredo Griffin Willie Wilson	Toronto Blue Jays Kansas City Royals	15
1981	John Castino	Minnesota Twins	9
1982	Willie Wilson	Kansas City Royals	15
1983	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	10
1984	Dave Collins Lloyd Moseby	Toronto Blue Jays	15
1985	Willie Wilson	Kansas City Royals	21
1986	Brett Butler	Cleveland Indians	14
1987	Willie Wilson	Kansas City Royals	15
1988	Harold Reynolds Willie Wilson Robin Yount	Seattle Mariners Kansas City Royals Milwaukee Brewers	11
1989	Rubén Sierra	Texas Rangers	14
1990	Tony Fernández	Toronto Blue Jays	17
1991	Lance Johnson Paul Molitor	Chicago White Sox Milwaukee Brewers	13
1992	Lance Johnson	Chicago White Sox	12
1993	Lance Johnson	Chicago White Sox	14
1994	Lance Johnson	Chicago White Sox	14
1995	Kenny Lofton	Cleveland Indians	13
1996	Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	14
1997	Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	11
1998	José Offerman	Kansas City Royals	13
1999	José Offerman	Boston Red Sox	11
2000	Cristian Guzmán	Minnesota Twins	20
2001	Cristian Guzmán	Minnesota Twins	14
2002	Johnny Damon	Boston Red Sox	11
2003	Cristian Guzmán	Minnesota Twins	14
2004	Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	19
2005	Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	15
2006	Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	16
2007	Curtis Granderson	Detroit Tigers	23
2008	Curtis Granderson	Detroit Tigers	13
2009	Jacoby Ellsbury Denard Span	Boston Red Sox Minnesota Twins	10
2010	Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Rays	13
2011	Austin Jackson Peter Bourjos	Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	11
2012	Austin Jackson	Detroit Tigers	10
2013	Brett Gardner	New York Yankees	10
2014	Adam Eaton	Chicago White Sox	10
2015	Eddie Rosario	Minnesota Twins	15
2016	Adam Eaton	Chicago White Sox	9
2017	Nicholas Castellanos	Detroit Tigers	10
2018	Yolmer Sánchez Mallex Smith	Chicago White Sox Tampa Bay Rays	10
2019	Hunter Dozier Whit Merrifield Adalberto Mondesí	Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals	10
2020	Kyle Tucker	Houston Astros	6
2021	Shohei Ohtani	Los Angeles Angels	8

National League[]

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1876	Ross Barnes	Chicago White Stockings	14
1877	Deacon White	Boston Red Caps	11
1878	Tom York	Providence Grays	10
1879	Buttercup Dickerson	Cincinnati Reds	14
1880	Harry Stovey	Worcester Ruby Legs	14
1881	Jack Rowe	Buffalo Bisons	11
1882	Roger Connor	Troy Trojans	18
1883	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	17
1884	Buck Ewing	New York Giants	20
1885	Jim O'Rourke	New York Giants	16
1886	Roger Connor	New York Giants	20
1887	Sam Thompson	Detroit Wolverines	23
1888	Dick Johnston	Boston Beaneaters	18
1889	Walt Wilmot	Washington Nationals	19
1890	John Reilly	Cincinnati Reds	26
1891	Harry Stovey	Boston Beaneaters	20
1892	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	21
1893	Perry Werden	St. Louis Browns	29
1894	Heinie Reitz	Baltimore Orioles	31
1895	Kip Selbach	Washington Senators	22
1896	Tom McCreery George Van Haltren	Louisville Colonels New York Giants	21
1897	Harry Davis	Pittsburgh Pirates	28
1898	John Anderson	Brooklyn Bridegrooms Washington Senators	22
1899	Jimmy Williams	Pittsburgh Pirates	28
1900	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
1901	Jimmy Sheckard	Brooklyn Superbas	19
1902	Sam Crawford Tommy Leach	Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates	22
1903	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1904	Harry Lumley	Brooklyn Superbas	18
1905	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	21
1906	Fred Clarke Frank Schulte	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	13
1907	Whitey Alperman John Ganzel	Brooklyn Superbas Cincinnati Reds	16
1908	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1909	Mike Mitchell	Cincinnati Reds	17
1910	Mike Mitchell	Cincinnati Reds	18
1911	Larry Doyle	New York Giants	25
1912	Chief Wilson	Pittsburgh Pirates	36
1913	Vic Saier	Chicago Cubs	21
1914	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
1915	Tom Long	St. Louis Cardinals	25
1916	Bill Hinchman	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
1917	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	17
1918	Jake Daubert	Brooklyn Robins	15
1919	Hy Myers Billy Southworth	Brooklyn Robins Pittsburgh Pirates	14
1920	Hy Myers	Brooklyn Robins	22
1921	Rogers Hornsby Ray Powell	St. Louis Cardinals Boston Braves	18
1922	Jake Daubert	Cincinnati Reds	22
1923	Max Carey Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1924	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	21
1925	Kiki Cuyler	Pittsburgh Pirates	26
1926	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
1927	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
1928	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	20
1929	Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
1930	Adam Comorosky	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
1931	Bill Terry	New York Giants	20
1932	Babe Herman	Cincinnati Reds	19
1933	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1934	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	18
1935	Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	18
1936	Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	14
1937	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
1938	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	16
1939	Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	18
1940	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
1941	Pete Reiser	Brooklyn Dodgers	17
1942	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	17
1943	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	20
1944	Johnny Barrett	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1945	Luis Olmo	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
1946	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	20
1947	Harry Walker	St. Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Phillies	16
1948	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	18
1949	Stan Musial Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	13
1950	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	14
1951	Gus Bell Stan Musial	Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals	12
1952	Bobby Thomson	New York Giants	14
1953	Jim Gilliam	Brooklyn Dodgers	17
1954	Willie Mays	New York Giants	13
1955	Dale Long Willie Mays	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	13
1956	Bill Bruton	Milwaukee Braves	15
1957	Willie Mays	New York Giants	20
1958	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	13
1959	Wally Moon Charlie Neal	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
1960	Bill Bruton	Milwaukee Braves	13
1961	George Altman	Chicago Cubs	12
1962	Johnny Callison Willie Davis Bill Virdon Maury Wills	Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Los Angeles Dodgers	10
1963	Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	14
1964	Dick Allen Ron Santo	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	13
1965	Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	16
1966	Tim McCarver	St. Louis Cardinals	13
1967	Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	13
1968	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	14
1969	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
1970	Willie Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	16
1971	Roger Metzger Joe Morgan	Houston Astros	11
1972	Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies	13
1973	Roger Metzger	Houston Astros	14
1974	Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	17
1975	Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	11
1976	Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies	12
1977	Garry Templeton	St. Louis Cardinals	18
1978	Garry Templeton	St. Louis Cardinals	13
1979	Garry Templeton	St. Louis Cardinals	19
1980	Omar Moreno Rodney Scott	Pittsburgh Pirates Montreal Expos	13
1981	Craig Reynolds Gene Richards	Houston Astros San Diego Padres	12
1982	Dickie Thon	Houston Astros	10
1983	Brett Butler	Atlanta Braves	13
1984	Juan Samuel Ryne Sandberg	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	19
1985	Willie McGee	St. Louis Cardinals	18
1986	Mitch Webster	Montreal Expos	13
1987	Juan Samuel	Philadelphia Phillies	15
1988	Andy Van Slyke	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
1989	Robby Thompson	San Francisco Giants	11
1990	Mariano Duncan	Cincinnati Reds	11
1991	Ray Lankford	St. Louis Cardinals	15
1992	Deion Sanders	Atlanta Braves	14
1993	Steve Finley	Houston Astros	13
1994	Brett Butler Darren Lewis	Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants	9
1995	Brett Butler Eric Young	New York/Los Angeles Colorado Rockies	9
1996	Lance Johnson	New York Mets	21
1997	Delino DeShields	St. Louis Cardinals	14
1998	David Dellucci	Arizona Diamondbacks	12
1999	Bobby Abreu Neifi Pérez	Philadelphia Phillies Colorado Rockies	11
2000	Tony Womack	Arizona Diamondbacks	14
2001	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	12
2002	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	10
2003	Steve Finley Rafael Furcal	Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves	10
2004	Juan Pierre Jimmy Rollins Jack Wilson	Florida Marlins Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates	12
2005	José Reyes	New York Mets	17
2006	José Reyes	New York Mets	17
2007	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	20
2008	José Reyes	New York Mets	19
2009	Shane Victorino	Philadelphia Phillies	13
2010	Dexter Fowler	Colorado Rockies	14
2011	José Reyes Shane Victorino	New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies	16
2012	Ángel Pagán	San Francisco Giants	15
2013	Denard Span	Washington Nationals	11
2014	Dee Gordon	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
2015	David Peralta	Arizona Diamondbacks	10
2016	Brandon Crawford César Hernández Chris Owings	San Francisco Giants Philadelphia Phillies Arizona Diamondbacks	11
2017	Charlie Blackmon	Colorado Rockies	14
2018	Ketel Marte	Arizona Diamondbacks	12
2019	Eduardo Escobar	Arizona Diamondbacks	10
2020	Trevor Story Trea Turner Mike Yastrzemski	Colorado Rockies Washington Nationals San Francisco Giants	4
2021	David Peralta Bryan Reynolds	Arizona Diamondbacks Pittsburgh Pirates	8

American Association[]

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1882	Mike Mansell	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	16
1883	Pop Smith	Columbus Buckeyes	17
1884	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	23
1885	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	21
1886	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	31
1887	Oyster Burns Jumbo Davis John Kerins Bid McPhee Tip O'Neill Tom Poorman	Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles Louisville Colonels Cincinnati Red Stockings St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics	19
1888	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	20
1889	Lefty Marr	Columbus Solons	15
1890	Perry Werden	Toledo Maumees	20
1891	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	21

Federal League[]

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1914	Jimmy Esmond Steve Evans	Indianapolis Hoosiers Brooklyn Tip-Tops	15
1915	Les Mann	Chicago Whales	19

Player's League[]

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1890	Jake Beckley Joe Visner	Pittsburgh Burghers	22

Union Association[]

Year	Player	Team(s)	Triples
1884	Dick Burns	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	12

Footnotes[]

^L Recognized "major leagues" include the current American and National Leagues and several defunct leagues – the American Association, the Federal League, the Players' League, and the Union Association.^[6]

References[]

^ "Red Sox land Crawford with 7-year, $142M deal". Sports Illustrated. December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
^ "Ross Barnes Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
^ "Bill Keister Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
^ "Jimmy Williams Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders-most-times-bat.shtml^{[bare URL]}
^ "Complete Baseball Team and Baseball Team Encyclopedias". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.

Baseball-Reference

[1] "Red Sox land Crawford with 7-year, $142M deal". Sports Illustrated. December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2011.

[2] "Ross Barnes Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.

[3] "Bill Keister Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.

[4] "Jimmy Williams Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.

[5] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders-most-times-bat.shtml^{[bare URL]}

[6] "Complete Baseball Team and Baseball Team Encyclopedias". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.

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