Top 25 Doubles in 1980 in the American League

Doubles : 1980 American League Top 25

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"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)

1980 Doubles Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Doubles Team Rank

Robin Yount 49 Milwaukee Brewers 1

Al Oliver 43 Texas Rangers 2

Jim Morrison 40 Chicago White Sox 3

Hal McRae 39 Kansas City Royals 4

Dwight Evans 37 Boston Red Sox 5

Eddie Murray 36 Baltimore Orioles 6

Bruce Bochte 34 Seattle Mariners 7

Rod Carew 34 California Angels

Lance Parrish 34 Detroit Tigers

George Brett 33 Kansas City Royals 10

Cecil Cooper 33 Milwaukee Brewers

Dave Stapleton 33 Boston Red Sox

Rich Dauer 32 Baltimore Orioles 13

Chet Lemon 32 Chicago White Sox

Fred Lynn 32 Boston Red Sox

Mickey Rivers 32 Texas Rangers

Clint Hurdle 31 Kansas City Royals 17

Tony Perez 31 Boston Red Sox

Bump Wills 31 Texas Rangers

Rick Cerone 30 New York Yankees 20

Miguel Dilone 30 Cleveland Indians

Damaso Garcia 30 Toronto Blue Jays

Al Bumbry 29 Baltimore Orioles 23

Rick Burleson 29 Boston Red Sox

Ron Jackson 29 Minnesota Twins

Name Doubles Team Rank

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.

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?

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).

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