Doubles : 1941 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)
 

1941 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Boudreau 45 Cleveland Indians 1
Joe DiMaggio 43 New York Yankees 2
Wally Judnich 40 St. Louis Browns 3
Joe Kuhel 39 Chicago White Sox 4
Cecil Travis 39 Washington Senators  
Joe Cronin 38 Boston Red Sox 6
Dom DiMaggio 37 Boston Red Sox 7
Taffy Wright 35 Chicago White Sox 8
Harlond Clift 33 St. Louis Browns 9
Ted Williams 33 Boston Red Sox  
George Case 32 Washington Senators 11
Jeff Heath 32 Cleveland Indians  
Ken Keltner 31 Cleveland Indians 13
Wally Moses 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Johnny Berardino 30 St. Louis Browns 15
Bob Johnson 30 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sam Chapman 29 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Roy Cullenbine 29 St. Louis Browns  
Buddy Lewis 29 Washington Senators  
Jim Tabor 29 Boston Red Sox  
Rudy York 29 Detroit Tigers  
Bruce Campbell 28 Detroit Tigers 22
Bobby Doerr 28 Boston Red Sox  
Pinky Higgins 28 Detroit Tigers  
George McQuinn 28 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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?

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.