Doubles : 1947 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)
 

1947 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Boudreau 45 Cleveland Indians 1
Ted Williams 40 Boston Red Sox 2
Tommy Henrich 35 New York Yankees 3
Joe DiMaggio 31 New York Yankees 4
Luke Appling 29 Chicago White Sox 5
George Kell 29 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Keltner 29 Cleveland Indians  
Mickey Vernon 29 Washington Senators  
Ferris Fain 28 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Eddie Mayo 28 Detroit Tigers  
Pat Mullin 28 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Suder 28 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Gordon 27 Cleveland Indians 13
Johnny Pesky 27 Boston Red Sox  
Hank Majeski 26 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Phil Rizzuto 26 New York Yankees  
Don Kolloway 25 Chicago White Sox 17
Paul Lehner 25 St. Louis Browns  
Dave Philley 25 Chicago White Sox  
Rudy York 25 Boston Red Sox  
Chicago White Sox  
Hoot Evers 24 Detroit Tigers 21
Wally Judnich 24 St. Louis Browns  
George McQuinn 24 New York Yankees  
Bob Dillinger 23 St. Louis Browns 24
Bobby Doerr 23 Boston Red Sox  



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

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.