Doubles : 1909 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)
 

1909 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 39 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Sherry Magee 33 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Dots Miller 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Tommy Leach 29 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Jimmy Sheckard 29 Chicago Cubs  
Kitty Bransfield 27 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Larry Doyle 27 New York Giants  
Harry Steinfeldt 27 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Bates 26 Boston Doves 9
Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Tinker 26 Chicago Cubs  
George Gibson 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Dick Hoblitzel 23 Cincinnati Reds 12
Ed Konetchy 23 St. Louis Cardinals  
John Titus 22 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Chief Wilson 22 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Solly Hofman 21 Chicago Cubs 16
Moose McCormick 21 New York Giants  
Bill Abstein 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Al Burch 20 Brooklyn Superbas  
Tim Jordan 20 Brooklyn Superbas  
Whitey Alperman 19 Brooklyn Superbas 21
Jap Barbeau 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Bobby Byrne 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Devlin 19 New York Giants  
Johnny Evers 19 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.