1979 Doubles Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Doubles	Team	Rank
Cecil Cooper	44	Milwaukee Brewers	1
Chet Lemon	44	Chicago White Sox
Buddy Bell	42	Texas Rangers	3
George Brett	42	Kansas City Royals
Fred Lynn	42	Boston Red Sox
Ron Jackson	40	Minnesota Twins	6
Jim Rice	39	Boston Red Sox	7
Bruce Bochte	38	Seattle Mariners	8
Rick Bosetti	35	Toronto Blue Jays	9
Don Baylor	33	California Angels	10
Claudell Washington	33	Chicago White Sox
Rick Burleson	32	Boston Red Sox	12
Hal McRae	32	Kansas City Royals
Andre Thornton	31	Cleveland Indians	14
Bobby Grich	30	California Angels	15
Carney Lansford	30	California Angels
Eddie Murray	30	Baltimore Orioles
Ben Oglivie	30	Milwaukee Brewers
Al Bumbry	29	Baltimore Orioles	19
Lamar Johnson	29	Chicago White Sox
Ruppert Jones	29	Seattle Mariners
Sixto Lezcano	29	Milwaukee Brewers
Ken Singleton	29	Baltimore Orioles
Gorman Thomas	29	Milwaukee Brewers
Alan Bannister	28	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Doubles	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.