Doubles : 1908 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)
 

1908 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 39 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Sherry Magee 30 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Frank Chance 27 Chicago Cubs 3
Mike Donlin 26 New York Giants 4
Otto Knabe 26 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kitty Bransfield 25 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Roger Bresnahan 25 New York Giants  
Mickey Doolan 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tommy Leach 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
John Titus 24 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Dahlen 23 Boston Doves 11
Johnny Kling 23 Chicago Cubs  
Cy Seymour 23 New York Giants  
Joe Tinker 22 Chicago Cubs 14
Ginger Beaumont 20 Boston Doves 15
Wildfire Schulte 20 Chicago Cubs  
Harry Steinfeldt 20 Chicago Cubs  
Fred Tenney 20 New York Giants  
Johnny Evers 19 Chicago Cubs 19
George Gibson 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Konetchy 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Murray 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Osborn 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Fred Clarke 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Art Devlin 18 New York Giants  



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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