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List of Major League Baseball single-season triples leaders

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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.

Rank Player Triples Year
   1 Chief Wilson 36 1912
   2 Dave Orr 31 1886
   Heinie Reitz 31 1894
   4 Perry Werden 29 1893
   5 Harry Davis 28 1897
   Jimmy Williams 28 1899
   7 George Davis 27 1893
   Sam Thompson 27 1894
   9 John Reilly 26 1890
   George Treadway 26 1894
   Joe Jackson 26 1912
   Sam Crawford 26 1914
   Kiki Cuyler 26 1925
   14 Roger Connor 25 1894
   Buck Freeman 25 1899
   Sam Crawford 25 1903
   Larry Doyle 25 1911
   Tom Long 25 1915
   19 Ed McKean 24 1893
   Ty Cobb 24 1911
   Ty Cobb 24 1917
   22 Harry Stovey 23 1884
   Sam Thompson 23 1887
   Elmer Smith 23 1893
   Dan Brouthers 23 1894
   Nap Lajoie 23 1897
   Ty Cobb 23 1912
   Sam Crawford 23 1913
   Earle Combs 23 1927
   Adam Comorosky 23 1930
   Dale Mitchell 23 1949
   Curtis Granderson 23 2007
   33 Roger Connor 22 1887
   Jake Beckley 22 1890
   Bid McPhee 22 1890
   Joe Visner 22 1890
   Willie Keeler 22 1894
   Kip Selbach 22 1895
   John Anderson 22 1898
   Honus Wagner 22 1900
   Sam Crawford 22 1902
   Tommy Leach 22 1902
   Bill Bradley 22 1903
   Elmer Flick 22 1906
   Birdie Cree 22 1911
   Mike Mitchell 22 1911
   Tris Speaker 22 1913
   Hy Myers 22 1920
   Jake Daubert 22 1922
   Paul Waner 22 1926
   Earle Combs 22 1930
   Snuffy Stirnweiss 22 1945
   52 Dave Orr 21 1885
   Billy Shindle 21 1890
   Mike Tiernan 21 1890
   Tom Brown 21 1891
   Ed Delahanty 21 1892
   Sam Thompson 21 1895
   Mike Tiernan 21 1895
   Tom McCreery 21 1896
   George Van Haltren 21 1896
   Bobby Wallace 21 1897
   Bill Keister 21 1901
   Jimmy Williams 21 1901
   Jimmy Williams 21 1902
   Cy Seymour 21 1905
   Frank Schulte 21 1911
   Frank Baker 21 1912
   Sam Crawford 21 1912
   Vic Saier 21 1913
   Joe Jackson 21 1916
   Edd Roush 21 1924
   Earle Combs 21 1928
   Willie Wilson 21 1985
   Lance Johnson 21 1996
   76 Buck Ewing 20 1884
   Roger Connor 20 1886
   Dan Brouthers 20 1887
   Dick Johnston 20 1887
   Harry Stovey 20 1888
   Jocko Fields 20 1890
   Perry Werden 20 1890
   Harry Stovey 20 1891
   Dan Brouthers 20 1892
   Jake Virtue 20 1892
   Tommy Corcoran 20 1894
   Joe Kelley 20 1894
   Jake Stenzel 20 1894
   Duff Cooley 20 1895
   Buck Freeman 20 1903
   George Stone 20 1906
   Ty Cobb 20 1908
   Red Murray 20 1912
   Honus Wagner 20 1912
   Dots Miller 20 1913
   Rogers Hornsby 20 1920
   Joe Jackson 20 1920
   Rabbit Maranville 20 1924
   Goose Goslin 20 1925
   Lou Gehrig 20 1926
   Curt Walker 20 1926
   Jim Bottomley 20 1928
   Heinie Manush 20 1928
   Lloyd Waner 20 1929
   Bill Terry 20 1931
   Joe Vosmik 20 1935
   Jeff Heath 20 1941
   Stan Musial 20 1943
   Stan Musial 20 1946
   Willie Mays 20 1957
   George Brett 20 1979
   Cristian Guzmán 20 2000
   Jimmy Rollins 20 2007
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