Doubles : 2008 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2008 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dustin Pedroia 54 Boston Red Sox 1
Brian Roberts 51 Baltimore Orioles 2
Aubrey Huff 48 Baltimore Orioles 3
Nick Markakis 48 Baltimore Orioles  
Justin Morneau 47 Minnesota Twins 5
Alex Rios 47 Toronto Blue Jays  
Raul Ibanez 43 Seattle Mariners 7
Kevin Youkilis 43 Boston Red Sox  
Jose Guillen 42 Kansas City Royals 9
Jhonny Peralta 42 Cleveland Indians  
Jermaine Dye 41 Chicago White Sox 11
Ian Kinsler 41 Texas Rangers  
Jose Lopez 41 Seattle Mariners  
Bobby Abreu 39 New York Yankees 14
Bobby Crosby 39 Oakland Athletics  
Grady Sizemore 39 Cleveland Indians  
Torii Hunter 37 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 17
B.J. Upton 37 Tampa Bay Rays  
Yuniesky Betancourt 36 Seattle Mariners 19
Miguel Cabrera 36 Detroit Tigers  
Michael Young 36 Texas Rangers  
Robinson Cano 35 New York Yankees 22
Alex Gordon 35 Kansas City Royals  
Josh Hamilton 35 Texas Rangers  
Placido Polanco 34 Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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