Doubles : 1939 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1939 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Enos Slaughter 52 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Joe Medwick 48 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Johnny Mize 44 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Frank McCormick 41 Cincinnati Reds 4
Ival Goodman 37 Cincinnati Reds 5
Ernie Koy 37 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Augie Galan 36 Chicago Cubs 7
Bill Werber 35 Cincinnati Reds 8
Billy Herman 34 Chicago Cubs 9
Jimmy Brown 31 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Dolph Camilli 30 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Arky Vaughan 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Paul Waner 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry Danning 28 New York Giants 14
Stan Hack 28 Chicago Cubs  
Cookie Lavagetto 28 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Hersh Martin 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank Demaree 27 New York Giants 18
Lonny Frey 27 Cincinnati Reds  
Don Gutteridge 27 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pinky May 27 Philadelphia Phillies  
Zeke Bonura 26 New York Giants 22
Ernie Lombardi 26 Cincinnati Reds  
Stu Martin 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Max West 26 Boston Bees  



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?

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

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.