Doubles : 1963 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)
 

1963 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dick Groat 43 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Vada Pinson 37 Cincinnati Reds 2
Johnny Callison 36 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Tony Gonzalez 36 Philadelphia Phillies  
Billy Williams 36 Chicago Cubs  
Curt Flood 34 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Orlando Cepeda 33 San Francisco Giants 7
Willie Mays 32 San Francisco Giants 8
Felipe Alou 31 San Francisco Giants 9
Hank Aaron 29 Milwaukee Braves 10
Ron Santo 29 Chicago Cubs  
Ken Boyer 28 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Donn Clendenon 28 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ron Hunt 28 New York Mets  
Jim Gilliam 27 Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Julian Javier 27 St. Louis Cardinals  
Eddie Mathews 27 Milwaukee Braves  
Bill White 26 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Pete Rose 25 Cincinnati Reds 19
Al Spangler 25 Houston Colt .45s  
Wes Covington 24 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Roberto Clemente 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Leo Cardenas 22 Cincinnati Reds 23
Lee Maye 22 Milwaukee Braves  
Bill Mazeroski 22 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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 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?

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