Doubles : 1931 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)
 

1931 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sparky Adams 46 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Wally Berger 44 Boston Braves 2
Dick Bartell 43 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Babe Herman 43 Brooklyn Robins  
Bill Terry 43 New York Giants  
Tony Cuccinello 39 Cincinnati Reds 6
Woody English 38 Chicago Cubs 7
Kiki Cuyler 37 Chicago Cubs 8
Rogers Hornsby 37 Chicago Cubs  
Don Hurst 37 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pie Traynor 37 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pinky Whitney 36 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Chick Hafey 35 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Paul Waner 35 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Bottomley 34 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Johnny Frederick 34 Brooklyn Robins  
Chuck Klein 34 Philadelphia Phillies  
Charlie Grimm 33 Chicago Cubs 18
Spud Davis 32 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Gabby Hartnett 32 Chicago Cubs  
Harvey Hendrick 32 Brooklyn Robins  
Cincinnati Reds  
Pepper Martin 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Lefty O'Doul 32 Brooklyn Robins  
Freddy Leach 30 New York Giants 24
George Watkins 30 St. Louis Cardinals  



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).

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