friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>pas</b><p>No peeking now.<br />Of the leaders in lifetime triples, NONE of the top ten, only ONE of the top twenty, and only TWO of the top thirty played post-WW II. Name them.

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>Alan U</b><p>brock-henderson

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>pas</b><p>Alan, exactly what I would have guessed.<br /><br />But wrong on both counts.

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>Alan U</b><p>I just looked and Henderson only had 66 triples.<br /><br />After looking at the answers I can only say... "nice trivia"<br /><br />-Alan

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>Shawn Chambers</b><p>I think at one time Steve Finley was the active leader. Can't remember if he had enough to break into the top 100, though, but I think he was well ahead of the other guys at the time.

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>pas</b><p>Yeah Brock is ranked in the 60s somewhere and Henderson is not even in the top 100, amazingly enough.

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>Ron</b><p>Musial and Clemente?

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>Musial sounds right. Slaughter?

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>pas</b><p>Musial is tied for 19th, Clemente is tied for 27th. Very good, thought this one would last a while.

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>DMcD</b><p>Here's the top 100 or so through 2007 season:<br /><a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hitrip1.shtml" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hitrip1.shtml</a><br />The next post-war guy on the list is Slaughter at #54.<br />Surprised not to see Mantle in there somewhere.<br />Lofton is up to 116 but getting old; Damon is at 91 so may crack the top 100. Finley is stuck at 124.<br />Any of you scholars know why the new-timers are hitting less triples? Cookie-cutter ballyards? Livelier ball? Less scrappy ballplaying?

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>Kenneth A. Cohen</b><p>The outfields were bigger in those days, I believe. Also, with less well-manicured outfields and smaller gloves, balls in the corners and alleys probably weren't generally played as cleanly.

friday afternoon trivia -- triples
 

Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Yeah, Kenny's point is on the button. I believe in the Polo Grounds center field was about 480 feet from home plate. As a comparison, Jacobs Field CF is 410 feet from home. That's a lot of extra room for ball to roll around.