Doubles : 1916 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)
 

1916 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bert Niehoff 42 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Zack Wheat 32 Brooklyn Robins 2
Dode Paskert 30 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Hal Chase 29 Cincinnati Reds 4
Larry Doyle 29 New York Giants  
Chicago Cubs  
Ed Konetchy 29 Boston Braves  
Heinie Zimmerman 29 Chicago Cubs  
New York Giants  
Tommy Griffith 28 Cincinnati Reds 8
Casey Stengel 27 Brooklyn Robins 9
Fred Luderus 26 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Vic Saier 25 Chicago Cubs 11
Milt Stock 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Bescher 24 St. Louis Cardinals 13
George Burns 24 New York Giants  
Heinie Groh 24 Cincinnati Reds  
Buck Herzog 24 Cincinnati Reds  
New York Giants  
Max Carey 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Art Fletcher 23 New York Giants  
Benny Kauff 22 New York Giants 19
Dots Miller 22 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike Mowrey 22 Brooklyn Robins  
Gavvy Cravath 21 Philadelphia Phillies 22
George Cutshaw 21 Brooklyn Robins  
Fred Merkle 20 New York Giants 24
Brooklyn Robins  
Possum Whitted 20 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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