Doubles : 1902 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:

"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)
 

1902 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 30 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Fred Clarke 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Duff Cooley 26 Boston Beaneaters 3
Bill Dahlen 25 Brooklyn Superbas 4
Jake Beckley 23 Cincinnati Reds 5
Heinie Peitz 22 Cincinnati Reds 6
Ginger Beaumont 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Kitty Bransfield 21 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Shad Barry 20 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Ed Gremminger 20 Boston Beaneaters  
Willie Keeler 20 Brooklyn Superbas  
Billy Lauder 20 New York Giants  
Jimmy Sheckard 20 Brooklyn Superbas  
Harry Steinfeldt 20 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Kling 19 Chicago Cubs 15
Heinie Smith 19 New York Giants  
Homer Smoot 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Tinker 19 Chicago Cubs  
Tommy Corcoran 18 Cincinnati Reds 19
Sam Crawford 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Tenney 18 Boston Beaneaters  
Pat Carney 17 Boston Beaneaters 22
George Browne 16 Philadelphia Phillies 23
New York Giants  
Gene DeMontreville 16 Boston Beaneaters  
Cozy Dolan 16 Brooklyn Superbas  



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

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.