Top 25 Doubles in 1966 in the National League

Doubles : 1966 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)

1966 Doubles Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Doubles Team Rank

Johnny Callison 40 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Pete Rose 38 Cincinnati Reds 2

Vada Pinson 35 Cincinnati Reds 3

Felipe Alou 32 Atlanta Braves 4

Roberto Clemente 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Willie Davis 31 Los Angeles Dodgers

Willie Stargell 30 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Willie Mays 29 San Francisco Giants 8

Adolfo Phillips 29 Philadelphia Phillies

Chicago Cubs

Gene Alley 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Ken Boyer 28 New York Mets

Rusty Staub 28 Houston Astros

Orlando Cepeda 26 San Francisco Giants 13

St. Louis Cardinals

Willie McCovey 26 San Francisco Giants

Dick Allen 25 Philadelphia Phillies 15

Leo Cardenas 25 Cincinnati Reds

Rico Carty 25 Atlanta Braves

Deron Johnson 25 Cincinnati Reds

John Bateman 24 Houston Astros 19

Lou Brock 24 St. Louis Cardinals

Hank Aaron 23 Atlanta Braves 21

Ernie Banks 23 Chicago Cubs

Glenn Beckert 23 Chicago Cubs

Chuck Harrison 23 Houston Astros

Jim Ray Hart 23 San Francisco Giants

Name Doubles Team Rank

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.

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?

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.

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