Doubles : 1974 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)
 

1974 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Rudi 39 Oakland Athletics 1
Hal McRae 36 Kansas City Royals 2
George Scott 36 Milwaukee Brewers  
Ken Henderson 35 Chicago White Sox 4
Jeff Burroughs 33 Texas Rangers 5
Steve Brye 32 Minnesota Twins 6
Don Money 32 Milwaukee Brewers  
Jorge Orta 31 Chicago White Sox 8
Amos Otis 31 Kansas City Royals  
Johnny Briggs 30 Milwaukee Brewers 10
Rod Carew 30 Minnesota Twins  
Bobby Grich 29 Baltimore Orioles 12
Al Kaline 28 Detroit Tigers 13
Paul Blair 27 Baltimore Orioles 14
Brooks Robinson 27 Baltimore Orioles  
Frank Robinson 27 California Angels  
Cleveland Indians  
Elliott Maddox 26 New York Yankees 17
Lou Piniella 26 New York Yankees  
Reggie Jackson 25 Oakland Athletics 19
Bobby Murcer 25 New York Yankees  
Carl Yastrzemski 25 Boston Red Sox  
Cecil Cooper 24 Boston Red Sox 22
Fran Healy 24 Kansas City Royals  
Cesar Tovar 24 Texas Rangers  
Dick Allen 23 Chicago White Sox 25



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).

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