Doubles : 1965 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
 

1965 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hank Aaron 40 Milwaukee Braves 1
Billy Williams 39 Chicago Cubs 2
Lou Brock 35 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Pete Rose 35 Cincinnati Reds  
Vada Pinson 34 Cincinnati Reds 5
Frank Robinson 33 Cincinnati Reds 6
Donn Clendenon 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dick Allen 31 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Curt Flood 30 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Jim Ray Hart 30 San Francisco Giants  
Deron Johnson 30 Cincinnati Reds  
Ron Santo 30 Chicago Cubs  
Jimmy Wynn 30 Houston Astros  
Felipe Alou 29 Milwaukee Braves 14
Bob Bailey 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Ron Fairly 28 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Tommy Harper 28 Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Bolling 26 Milwaukee Braves 18
Dick Groat 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill White 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ernie Banks 25 Chicago Cubs 21
Johnny Callison 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Leo Cardenas 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Cookie Rojas 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Willie Stargell 25 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?

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).