Doubles : 1921 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1921 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker 52 Cleveland Indians 1
Babe Ruth 44 New York Yankees 2
Harry Heilmann 43 Detroit Tigers 3
Bobby Veach 43 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Meusel 40 New York Yankees 5
Sam Rice 39 Washington Senators 6
Baby Doll Jacobson 38 St. Louis Browns 7
George Sisler 38 St. Louis Browns  
Ty Cobb 37 Detroit Tigers 9
Del Pratt 36 Boston Red Sox 10
Joe Sewell 36 Cleveland Indians  
Wally Pipp 35 New York Yankees 12
Lu Blue 33 Detroit Tigers 13
Charlie Jamieson 33 Cleveland Indians  
Jimmy Dykes 32 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Larry Gardner 32 Cleveland Indians  
Tilly Walker 32 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bibb Falk 31 Chicago White Sox 18
Stuffy McInnis 31 Boston Red Sox  
Cy Perkins 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jack Tobin 31 St. Louis Browns  
Ken Williams 31 St. Louis Browns  
Whitey Witt 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Schang 30 New York Yankees 24
Aaron Ward 30 New York Yankees  



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.