Doubles : 1889 American Association Top 25

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1889 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Curt Welch 39 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Harry Stovey 38 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Denny Lyons 36 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Tip O'Neill 33 St. Louis Browns 4
Herman Long 32 Kansas City Blues 5
Dave Orr 31 Columbus Colts 6
Jocko Milligan 30 St. Louis Browns 7
Darby O'Brien 30 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Charlie Comiskey 28 St. Louis Browns 9
Bug Holliday 28 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Lou Bierbauer 27 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Lefty Marr 26 Columbus Colts 12
Bid McPhee 25 Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
George Pinkney 25 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Reddy Mack 24 Baltimore Orioles 15
Tommy McCarthy 24 St. Louis Browns  
John Reilly 24 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Billy Shindle 24 Baltimore Orioles  
Ecky Stearns 24 Kansas City Blues  
Jim Burns 23 Kansas City Blues 20
Hick Carpenter 23 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Henry Larkin 23 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Daily 22 Columbus Colts 23
Dan Shannon 22 Louisville Colonels  
Germany Smith 22 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.