Sunday Insider: Statistically Speaking

September 19, 2015 at 11:59PM
Minnesota Twins’ Eddie Rosario, right, stands on third with a triple off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Hector Santiago during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, in Minneapolis, beating a tag by Angels third baseman David Freese. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Rookie Eddie Rosario pulled into third on his 13th triple Thursday. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

With another triple Saturday, Eddie Rosario has hit 10 of the Twins' past 12 triples, including all four of the team's three-baggers in September, and now has more than any Twins rookie in history. He probably doesn't have enough games remaining to reach Cristian Guzman's single-season franchise record, but he could finish second. The list:

Most triples by a Twins player, single season

Cristian Guzman, 200020

Rod Carew, 197716

Eddie Rosario, 201514

Cristian Guzman, 200314

Cristian Guzman, 200114

Chuck Knoblauch, 199614

Most triples by a rookie, past 50 years

Juan Samuel, Phi, 198419

Ray Lankford, StL, 199115

Eddie Rosario, Min, 201514

Jimmy Rollins, Phi, 200112

David Dellucci, Ari, 199812

Joe Morgan, Hou, 196512

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