Doubles : 1888 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1888 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dan Brouthers 33 Detroit Wolverines 1
Jimmy Ryan 33 Chicago White Stockings  
Dick Johnston 31 Boston Beaneaters 3
Jerry Denny 27 Indianapolis Hoosiers 4
Paul Hines 26 Indianapolis Hoosiers 5
Sid Farrar 24 Philadelphia Phillies 6
King Kelly 22 Boston Beaneaters 7
Bill Kuehne 22 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Fred Pfeffer 22 Chicago White Stockings  
Deacon White 22 Detroit Wolverines  
Cap Anson 20 Chicago White Stockings 11
Charley Bassett 20 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Emmett Seery 20 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Jack Rowe 19 Detroit Wolverines 14
Larry Twitchell 19 Detroit Wolverines  
Sam Wise 19 Boston Beaneaters  
George Wood 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Buck Ewing 18 New York Giants 18
John Morrill 18 Boston Beaneaters  
Billy Nash 18 Boston Beaneaters  
Hardy Richardson 18 Detroit Wolverines  
Jack Glasscock 17 Indianapolis Hoosiers 22
Doggie Miller 17 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Jim O'Rourke 16 New York Giants 24
Danny Richardson 16 New York Giants  



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).

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.

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.