Doubles : 1889 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1889 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

King Kelly 41 Boston Beaneaters 1
Jack Glasscock 40 Indianapolis Hoosiers 2
Jim O'Rourke 36 New York Giants 3
Sam Thompson 36 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hardy Richardson 33 Boston Beaneaters 5
Cap Anson 32 Chicago White Stockings 6
Roger Connor 32 New York Giants  
Jack McGeachy 32 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Jimmy Ryan 31 Chicago White Stockings 9
Tom Burns 27 Chicago White Stockings 10
Paul Hines 27 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Dan Brouthers 26 Boston Beaneaters 12
Emmett Seery 26 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Doggie Miller 25 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 14
Jake Beckley 24 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
Jerry Denny 24 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Buck Ewing 23 New York Giants 17
Pop Smith 23 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Boston Beaneaters  
Mike Tiernan 23 New York Giants  
Sid Farrar 22 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jocko Fields 22 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Ed McKean 22 Cleveland Spiders  
Danny Richardson 22 New York Giants  
Fred Carroll 21 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 24
Hugh Duffy 21 Chicago White Stockings  



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

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.

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.