Doubles : 2005 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:

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2005 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Miguel Tejada 50 Baltimore Orioles 1
Hideki Matsui 45 New York Yankees 2
Brian Roberts 45 Baltimore Orioles  
Alfonso Soriano 43 Texas Rangers 4
Coco Crisp 42 Cleveland Indians 5
Travis Hafner 42 Cleveland Indians  
Mark Teixeira 41 Texas Rangers 7
Jorge Cantu 40 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8
Eric Chavez 40 Oakland Athletics  
David Ortiz 40 Boston Red Sox  
Michael Young 40 Texas Rangers  
Mike Sweeney 39 Kansas City Royals 12
Grady Sizemore 37 Cleveland Indians 13
Ronnie Belliard 36 Cleveland Indians 14
Adrian Beltre 36 Seattle Mariners  
Shea Hillenbrand 36 Toronto Blue Jays  
Julio Lugo 36 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Edgar Renteria 36 Boston Red Sox  
Richie Sexson 36 Seattle Mariners  
Johnny Damon 35 Boston Red Sox 20
Mark Kotsay 35 Oakland Athletics  
Jhonny Peralta 35 Cleveland Indians  
Garret Anderson 34 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 23
Hank Blalock 34 Texas Rangers  
Robinson Cano 34 New York Yankees  



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.

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.