Doubles : 1969 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1969 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Matty Alou 41 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Don Kessinger 38 Chicago Cubs 2
Lou Brock 33 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Pete Rose 33 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Williams 33 Chicago Cubs  
Lee May 32 Cincinnati Reds 6
Curt Flood 31 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Tony Perez 31 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Stargell 31 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hank Aaron 30 Atlanta Braves 10
Johnny Callison 29 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Coco Laboy 29 Montreal Expos  
Joe Torre 29 St. Louis Cardinals  
Orlando Cepeda 28 Atlanta Braves 14
Julian Javier 28 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tim McCarver 27 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Curt Blefary 26 Houston Astros 17
Willie McCovey 26 San Francisco Giants  
Rusty Staub 26 Montreal Expos  
Gary Sutherland 26 Montreal Expos  
Bobby Bonds 25 San Francisco Giants 21
Cleon Jones 25 New York Mets  
Denis Menke 25 Houston Astros  
Doug Rader 25 Houston Astros  
Bobby Tolan 25 Cincinnati Reds  



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).

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.