Doubles : 1887 National 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
 

1887 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dan Brouthers 36 Detroit Wolverines 1
Jerry Denny 34 Indianapolis Hoosiers 2
King Kelly 34 Boston Beaneaters  
Cap Anson 33 Chicago White Stockings 4
Paul Hines 32 Washington Senators 5
John Morrill 32 Boston Beaneaters  
Jack Rowe 30 Detroit Wolverines 7
Sam Thompson 29 Detroit Wolverines 8
Sam Wise 27 Boston Beaneaters 9
Roger Connor 26 New York Giants 10
Jim Fogarty 26 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hardy Richardson 25 Detroit Wolverines 12
Fred Carroll 24 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 13
Billy Nash 24 Boston Beaneaters  
Jimmy Ryan 23 Chicago White Stockings 15
George Wood 22 Philadelphia Phillies 16
John Coleman 21 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 17
Joe Mulvey 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
Fred Pfeffer 21 Chicago White Stockings  
Tom Burns 20 Chicago White Stockings 20
Sid Farrar 20 Philadelphia Phillies  
Deacon White 20 Detroit Wolverines  
Ned Williamson 20 Chicago White Stockings  
Ed Andrews 19 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Danny Richardson 19 New York Giants  



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.

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.