Doubles : 1971 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)
 

1971 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cesar Cedeno 40 Houston Astros 1
Lou Brock 37 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Rusty Staub 34 Montreal Expos 3
Joe Torre 34 St. Louis Cardinals  
Willie Davis 33 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Bobby Bonds 32 San Francisco Giants 6
Ted Simmons 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Al Oliver 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Roberto Clemente 29 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Deron Johnson 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Matty Alou 28 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Tito Fuentes 28 San Francisco Giants  
Willie Montanez 27 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Joe Morgan 27 Houston Astros  
Pete Rose 27 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Williams 27 Chicago Cubs  
Tommy Helms 26 Cincinnati Reds 17
Ken Henderson 26 San Francisco Giants  
Denis Menke 26 Houston Astros  
Manny Sanguillen 26 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willie Stargell 26 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Nate Colbert 25 San Diego Padres 22
Jerry Grote 25 New York Mets  
Dick Allen 24 Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Ralph Garr 24 Atlanta Braves  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.

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).