Doubles : 1929 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1929 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Gehringer 45 Detroit Tigers 1
Roy Johnson 45 Detroit Tigers  
Heinie Manush 45 St. Louis Browns  
Lew Fonseca 44 Cleveland Indians 4
Dale Alexander 43 Detroit Tigers 5
Earl Averill 43 Cleveland Indians  
Mule Haas 41 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Harry Heilmann 41 Detroit Tigers  
Al Simmons 41 Philadelphia Athletics  
Lu Blue 40 St. Louis Browns 10
Sam Rice 39 Washington Senators 11
Red Kress 38 St. Louis Browns 12
Joe Sewell 38 Cleveland Indians  
Phil Todt 38 Boston Red Sox  
Mickey Cochrane 37 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Tony Lazzeri 37 New York Yankees  
Joe Judge 35 Washington Senators 17
Jimmy Dykes 34 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Earle Combs 33 New York Yankees 19
Willie Kamm 33 Chicago White Sox  
Harry Rice 33 Detroit Tigers  
Lou Gehrig 32 New York Yankees 22
Marty McManus 32 Detroit Tigers  
Bing Miller 32 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Dickey 30 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.

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.