Top 25 Doubles in 1944 in the National League

Doubles : 1944 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1944 Doubles Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Doubles Team Rank

Stan Musial 51 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Augie Galan 43 Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Tommy Holmes 42 Boston Braves 3

Don Johnson 37 Chicago Cubs 4

Frank McCormick 37 Cincinnati Reds

Dixie Walker 37 Brooklyn Dodgers

Buster Adams 35 Philadelphia Phillies 7

Phil Cavarretta 35 Chicago Cubs

Johnny Hopp 35 St. Louis Cardinals

Bill Nicholson 35 Chicago Cubs

Ron Northey 35 Philadelphia Phillies

Jim Russell 34 Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Ray Sanders 34 St. Louis Cardinals

Howie Schultz 32 Brooklyn Dodgers 14

Buddy Kerr 31 New York Giants 15

Pete Coscarart 30 Pittsburgh Pirates 16

Damon Phillips 30 Boston Braves

Babe Dahlgren 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Bob Elliott 28 Pittsburgh Pirates

Eric Tipton 28 Cincinnati Reds

Frenchy Bordagaray 26 Brooklyn Dodgers 21

Marty Marion 26 St. Louis Cardinals

Walker Cooper 25 St. Louis Cardinals 23

Whitey Kurowski 25 St. Louis Cardinals

Danny Litwhiler 25 St. Louis Cardinals

Name Doubles Team Rank

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?

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).

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.

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