Doubles : 1902 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1902 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harry Davis 43 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ed Delahanty 43 Washington Senators  
Bill Bradley 39 Cleveland Blues 3
Lave Cross 39 Philadelphia Athletics  
Buck Freeman 38 Boston Americans 5
Charlie Hickman 36 Boston Americans 6
Cleveland Blues  
Scoops Carey 35 Washington Senators 7
Nap Lajoie 35 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cleveland Blues  
Bill Keister 33 Washington Senators 9
Jimmy Ryan 32 Washington Senators 10
Bobby Wallace 32 St. Louis Browns  
Jack McCarthy 31 Cleveland Blues 12
Freddy Parent 31 Boston Americans  
John Anderson 29 St. Louis Browns 14
Jesse Burkett 29 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Coughlin 27 Washington Senators 16
George Davis 27 Chicago White Stockings  
Kip Selbach 27 Baltimore Orioles  
Socks Seybold 27 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmy Williams 27 Baltimore Orioles  
Dick Padden 26 St. Louis Browns 21
Sam Mertes 23 Chicago White Stockings 22
Monte Cross 22 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Tom Daly 22 Chicago White Stockings  
Chick Stahl 22 Boston Americans  



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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).

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