Doubles : 1908 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)
 

1908 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 36 Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford 33 Detroit Tigers 2
Claude Rossman 33 Detroit Tigers  
Nap Lajoie 32 Cleveland Naps 4
George Stovall 29 Cleveland Naps 5
Danny Murphy 28 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Jake Stahl 27 New York Highlanders 7
Boston Red Sox  
Hobe Ferris 26 St. Louis Browns 8
Bill Bradley 24 Cleveland Naps 9
Matty McIntyre 24 Detroit Tigers  
Bobby Wallace 24 St. Louis Browns  
Harry Davis 23 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Bill Hinchman 23 Cleveland Naps  
Wid Conroy 22 New York Highlanders 14
George Stone 21 St. Louis Browns 15
Bob Unglaub 21 Boston Red Sox  
Washington Senators  
Germany Schaefer 20 Detroit Tigers 17
Jimmy Williams 20 St. Louis Browns  
Bob Ganley 19 Washington Senators 19
Eddie Collins 18 Philadelphia Athletics 20
John Anderson 17 Chicago White Sox 21
Simon Nicholls 17 Philadelphia Athletics  
Neal Ball 16 New York Highlanders 23
Topsy Hartsel 16 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jerry Freeman 15 Washington Senators 25



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).

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.