Doubles : 1943 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
 

1943 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dick Wakefield 38 Detroit Tigers 1
George Case 36 Washington Senators 2
Nick Etten 35 New York Yankees 3
Don Gutteridge 35 St. Louis Browns  
Luke Appling 33 Chicago White Sox 5
Oris Hockett 33 Cleveland Indians  
Lou Boudreau 32 Cleveland Indians 7
Bobby Doerr 32 Boston Red Sox  
Ken Keltner 31 Cleveland Indians 9
Jerry Priddy 31 Washington Senators  
Mickey Vernon 29 Washington Senators 11
Milt Byrnes 28 St. Louis Browns 12
Joe Gordon 28 New York Yankees  
Chet Laabs 27 St. Louis Browns 14
Vern Stephens 27 St. Louis Browns  
Dick Siebert 26 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Jim Tabor 26 Boston Red Sox  
Ray Mack 25 Cleveland Indians 18
Roy Cullenbine 24 Cleveland Indians 19
Pete Fox 24 Boston Red Sox  
Billy Johnson 24 New York Yankees  
Jimmy Bloodworth 23 Detroit Tigers 22
Jake Early 23 Washington Senators  
Stan Spence 23 Washington Senators  
Jeff Heath 22 Cleveland Indians 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.

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).