Doubles : 1945 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1945 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wally Moses 35 Chicago White Sox 1
George Binks 32 Washington Senators 2
Snuffy Stirnweiss 32 New York Yankees  
George McQuinn 31 St. Louis Browns 4
George Kell 30 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Skeeter Newsome 30 Boston Red Sox  
Milt Byrnes 29 St. Louis Browns 7
Joe Kuhel 29 Washington Senators  
Dutch Meyer 29 Cleveland Indians  
Dick Siebert 29 Philadelphia Athletics  
Roy Cullenbine 28 Cleveland Indians 11
Detroit Tigers  
Mickey Rocco 28 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Johnson 27 Boston Red Sox 13
Eddie Lake 27 Boston Red Sox  
Vern Stephens 27 St. Louis Browns  
Catfish Metkovich 26 Boston Red Sox 16
Tony Cuccinello 25 Chicago White Sox 17
Bobby Estalella 25 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Maier 25 Detroit Tigers  
Rudy York 25 Detroit Tigers  
Lou Boudreau 24 Cleveland Indians 21
Nick Etten 24 New York Yankees  
Don Gutteridge 24 St. Louis Browns  
Eddie Mayo 24 Detroit Tigers  
Oris Hockett 23 Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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).