Doubles : 1986 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1986 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Don Mattingly 53 New York Yankees 1
Wade Boggs 47 Boston Red Sox 2
Marty Barrett 39 Boston Red Sox 3
Bill Buckner 39 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Rice 39 Boston Red Sox  
George Bell 38 Toronto Blue Jays 6
Kirby Puckett 37 Minnesota Twins 7
Frank White 37 Kansas City Royals  
Joe Carter 36 Cleveland Indians 9
Jesse Barfield 35 Toronto Blue Jays 10
Cal Ripken, Jr. 35 Baltimore Orioles  
Scott Fletcher 34 Texas Rangers 12
Gary Gaetti 34 Minnesota Twins  
Dwight Evans 33 Boston Red Sox 14
Tony Fernandez 33 Toronto Blue Jays  
Jim Presley 33 Seattle Mariners  
Alan Trammell 33 Detroit Tigers  
Rickey Henderson 31 New York Yankees 18
Dave Winfield 31 New York Yankees  
Robin Yount 31 Milwaukee Brewers  
Darnell Coles 30 Detroit Tigers 21
Julio Franco 30 Cleveland Indians  
Brook Jacoby 30 Cleveland Indians  
Harold Baines 29 Chicago White Sox 24
Jose Canseco 29 Oakland Athletics  



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).