Doubles : 1942 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1942 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Don Kolloway 40 Chicago White Sox 1
Harlond Clift 39 St. Louis Browns 2
Jeff Heath 37 Cleveland Indians 3
Dom DiMaggio 36 Boston Red Sox 4
Bobby Doerr 35 Boston Red Sox 5
Bob Johnson 35 Philadelphia Athletics  
Pinky Higgins 34 Detroit Tigers 7
Ken Keltner 34 Cleveland Indians  
Mickey Vernon 34 Washington Senators  
Ted Williams 34 Boston Red Sox  
Roy Cullenbine 33 St. Louis Browns 11
Washington Senators  
New York Yankees  
George McQuinn 32 St. Louis Browns 12
Tommy Henrich 30 New York Yankees 13
Joe DiMaggio 29 New York Yankees 14
Joe Gordon 29 New York Yankees  
Johnny Pesky 29 Boston Red Sox  
Barney McCosky 28 Detroit Tigers 17
Wally Moses 28 Chicago White Sox  
Les Fleming 27 Cleveland Indians 19
Don Gutteridge 27 St. Louis Browns  
Stan Spence 27 Washington Senators  
Luke Appling 26 Chicago White Sox 22
Buddy Blair 26 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Case 26 Washington Senators  
Doc Cramer 26 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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