page_title: List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
section_title: Leaders
hierarchical_section_title: List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders / Leaders
caption_attribution_description: English: American baseball player Tris Speaker.
context_page_description: In baseball, a triple is a hit in which the batter advances to third base in one play, with neither the benefit of a fielding error nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice. Triples were more common in baseball's dead-ball era, when teams relied more on stolen bases and hit and run plays than on the home run. More distant fences in old ballparks, such as Pittsburgh's Forbes Field and Detroit's Tiger Stadium, also produced fewer home runs and more triples on well-hit balls. As a result, most of the players on this list have been retired for decades. Only two players in the top 50 all-time career triples leaders played after WWII, and there are no players in the top 50 who played after 1972.
  In 2006, the Hardball Times lamented the decline of the 100-triple player, although three have joined the list since that time. Fangraphs, a statistical website, likewise noted the lack of modern 100-triple hitters in 2013. Of the 162 Major League Baseball players who have hit 100 or more triples, 69 are members of Baseball's Hall of Fame.
  Hall of Famer Sam Crawford of the Detroit Tigers holds the Major League Baseball triples record, with 309.
context_section_description: Updated through the end of the 2019 season.
caption: Tris Speaker hit 222 triples in his 21-year career.
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