Doubles Records by Baseball Almanac

Doubles Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for doubles — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related records.

"If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete, I'd wear a dress." - Mickey Mantle (Commenting on National League Career Doubles Leader Pete Rose)

Doubles Records Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Tris Speaker	Boston	241	792
			Cleveland	486
			Washington	43
			Philadelphia	22
	NL	Pete Rose	Cincinnati	601	746
			Philadelphia	139
			Montreal	6
Doubles Records Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest By The League Leader	AL	Sal Bando	Oakland	32	1973
	AL	Pedro Garcia	Milwaukee	32	1973
	NL	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati	28	1918
Most In A Season (Top 100)	AL	Earl Webb	Boston	67	1931
Most In A Season (Top 100)	NL	Joe Medwick	St. Louis	64	1936
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	AL	Earl Webb	Boston	67	1931
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	NL	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh	62	1932
Most In A Season By A Righthander	AL	George Burns	Cleveland	64	1926
Most In A Season By A Righthander	NL	Joe Medwick	St. Louis	64	1936
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Fred Lynn	Boston	47	1975
Most In A Season By A Rookie	NL	Johnny Frederick	Brooklyn	52	1929
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	AL	Brian Roberts	Baltimore	50	2004
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	NL	Lance Berkman	Houston	55	2001
Most Seasons Leading The League (Year-by-Year)	AL	Tris Speaker	Boston	8	1912
			Boston		1914
			Cleveland		1916
			Cleveland		1918
			Cleveland		1920
			Cleveland		1921
			Cleveland		1922
			Cleveland		1923
	NL	Stan Musial	St. Louis	8	1943
			St. Louis		1944
			St. Louis		1945
			St. Louis		1948
			St. Louis		1949
			St. Louis		1952
			St. Louis		1953
			St. Louis		1954
Most Seasons Leading The League Consecutively (Year-by-Year)	AL	Tris Speaker	Cleveland	4	1920-1923
	NL	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh	4	1906-1909
Doubles Records Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Doubleheader	AL	Hank Majeski	Philadelphia	6	08-27-1948
	NL	Chick Hafey	Cincinnati	5	07-23-1933
		Mike Ivie	San Diego		05-30-1977
		Joe Medwick	St. Louis		05-30-1935
		Red Schoendienst	St. Louis		06-06-1948
Most In A Game	AA	Henry Larkin	Philadelphia	4	07-29-1885
	AA	Jocko Milligan	Philadelphia	4	05-02-1886
	AL	Pop Dillon	Detroit	4	04-25-1901
		Billy Werber	Boston		07-17-1935
		Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia		07-25-1936
		Mike Kreevich	Chicago		09-04-1937
		Marv Owen	Chicago		04-23-1939
		Johnny Lindell	New York		08-17-1944
		Lou Boudreau	Cleveland		07-14-1946
		Al Zarilla	Boston		06-08-1950
		Vic Wertz	Cleveland		09-26-1956
		Charlie Lau	Baltimore		07-13-1962
		Bill Bruton	Detroit		05-19-1963
		Orlando Cepeda	Boston		08-08-1973
		Jim Mason	New York		07-08-1974
		Dave Duncan	Baltimore		06-30-1975
		Rick Miller	Boston		05-11-1981
		Damaso Garcia	Toronto		06-27-1986
		Kirby Puckett	Minnesota		05-13-1989
		Sandy Alomar, Jr.	Cleveland		06-06-1997
		Albert Belle	Baltimore		08-29-1999
		Albert Belle	Baltimore		09-23-1999
		Johnny Damon	Kansas City		07-18-2000
		Shannon Stewart	Toronto		07-18-2000
		Tomas Perez	Tampa Bay		07-29-2006
	NL	John O'Rourke	Boston	4	09-15-1880
		Abner Dalrymple	Chicago		07-03-1883
		Cap Anson	Chicago		07-03-1883
		Tommy Tucker	Boston		07-22-1883
		Frank Bonner	Baltimore		08-04-1894
		Joe Kelley	Baltimore		09-30-1894
		Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia		05-13-1899
		Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia		08-08-1915
		Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia		06-23-1919
		Denny Sothern	Philadelphia		06-06-1930
		Paul Waner	Pittsburgh		05-20-1932
		Dick Bartell	Philadelphia		04-25-1933
		Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati		05-08-1935
		Joe Medwick	St. Louis		08-04-1937
		Billy Werber	Cincinnati		05-13-1940
		Willie Jones	Philadelphia		04-20-1949
		Jim Greengrass	Cincinnati		04-13-1954
		Billy Williams	Chicago		04-09-1969
		Rafael Ramirez	Atlanta		05-21-1986
		Billy Hatcher	Cincinnati		08-21-1990
		Jeff Bagwell	Houston		06-14-1996
		Marcus Giles	Atlanta		07-27-2003
		Adam LaRoche	Atlanta		05-15-2004
		Matt Murton	Chicago		08-03-2006
Most On Opening Day	AL	Pop Dillon	Detroit	4	04-25-1901
Most On Opening Day	NL	Jim Greengrass	Cincinnati	4	04-13-1954
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Doubles Records

In 1996 Ivan Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers set the Major League record for doubles hit by a catcher during a season with forty-five. The record is five more than the National League record and he actually had forty-seven doubles during over the course of the full season, but two were hit while playing at the designated hitter position.

Did you know that in 1970 Dal Maxvill of the St. Louis Cardinals set the Major League record for fewest doubles hit in a complete season (minimum of one-hundred fifty games played) with only five two-baggers?

Hank Borowy (Chicago [NL] May 5, 1946 - 7th Inning), Fred Goldsmith (Chicago [NL] September 6, 1883 - 7th Inning), Ted Lyons (Chicago [AL] July 28, 1935 - 2nd Inning), and Joe Wood (Boston [AL] July 4, 1913 - 4th Inning) are the only pitchers to hit two doubles during the same inning.

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