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Charlie Blackmon is the active leader in triples with 68. Ty Cobb, sliding into third base, ranks second all-time in career triples with 295. Honus Wagner holds the National League record for triples with 252 and is third overall in major league history. Jake Beckley hit 244 triples between 1888 and 1906. Roger Connor hit 233 triples between ...
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 ...
Major League Baseball recognizes this year of service, but this is not universally recognized by all historians. He hit 22 triples that season, giving him a National League career total of 221. Total includes 28 triples in his two years in the Players' League and American Association, giving 177 triples in his National League career.
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
This list documents the superlative records and accomplishments of team members during their tenure as members of Major League Baseball's National League. Tony Gwynn holds the most franchise records as of the end of the 2022 season, with 15, including best single-season batting average, most career hits, and most career triples.
[30] [86] [87] Third on the all-time list is Everett Scott, whose streak of 1,307 consecutive games is less than half of Ripken's total. [87] Only seven players have ever played more than 1,000 consecutive games. [87] For a player to approach the milestone, he would have to play all 162 games in a season for 16 years just to get to 2,592 games.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
Below is the list of 112 instances in which Major League Baseball players have hit 20 or more triples in a single season. Active players are in bold.However, with the retirement of Curtis Granderson in 2020, as of May 2020, none of the players on this list are currently active players in MLB.