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Related: About this forumCan you name the only three players have retired since 2000 who are in the top 100 in career triples without looking?
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The answer is Carl Crawford, Steve Finley and for all you Mets fans, yes, none other than Jose Reyes.
What got me wondering is because Corbin Carrol, in less than 4 full seasons is already #3 on the active most triples list with 51. The active leaders with 55 each are Mike Trout in 16 years and Sterling Marte in 15 years.
WestMichRad
(3,435 posts)Next question?
WestMichRad
(3,435 posts)Cant remember when he retired.
Curtis Granderson?
Im just guessing
JMCKUSICK
(6,677 posts)WestMichRad
(3,435 posts)My success rate here matches my career batting average!
JMCKUSICK
(6,677 posts)DarthDem
(5,468 posts)HmIchiro, Carl Crawford and Steve Finley maybe?
JMCKUSICK
(6,677 posts)Crawford and Finley
Fichefinder
(447 posts)chelsea0011
(10,250 posts)Nt
duckworth969
(1,416 posts)JMCKUSICK
(6,677 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,377 posts)I'm a Cub fan and triples are rare in Wrigley. Guy would have to be Usain Bolt to get a triple on anything that isn't dead in the RF corner.
Power alleys are too short. (The 12 foot walls are the real barrier, not distance. )
Plus, most of the lefties who were good hitters in my time as a fan were slow! So, I doubt any Cub fan is an expert about triples!
JMCKUSICK
(6,677 posts)from Germany.
Baseball is baseball because the stats make it a non-stop conversation starter.
I was stunned to see Corbin Carroll #3 on the active list even though he's barely played 400 games, where Trout and Marte have played 4 X as many games. Just perusing the top 100 list, I think I saw maybe 8 or 9 from the 1975-1999 retired list.
That means only 11 of the top 100 triples leaders have been added in the last 50+ years.
ProfessorGAC
(77,377 posts)Over 300 triples!
I looked at Baseball Reference. I didn't go through the entire list, but a quick perusal of the top 25 looks like only one guy that played after WW2 is that high. (Stan Musial)
So triples were a much bigger thing in the early days of pro ball.