Single Season Leaders for Doubles in the American League

Combine good speed with a solid hitter and you have the players who appear at the top of this chart! In 1996, a record twenty-one players hit more than forty doubles setting an all time record. Should this extra base hits trend continue, most of the doubles records will fall.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred all-time single season American League leaders in Major League doubles. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"In 1931 the lefthanded-hitting Earl Webb hit a major-league record 67 doubles. He never hit half as many in a season again and was a slow runner, but the record was not necessarily attributable to the dimensions of his home park; the Green Monster, Fenway Park's notorious left-field wall, was not erected until 1934." - Baseball Historian Jack Kavanagh on BaseballLibrary.com
Doubles
Single Season American League Leaders

'Top 100'
Earl Webb 67 1931 Boston Red Sox AL 1
George Burns 64 1926 Cleveland Indians AL 2
Hank Greenberg 63 1934 Detroit Tigers AL 3
Charlie Gehringer 60 1936 Detroit Tigers AL 4
Tris Speaker 59 1923 Cleveland Indians AL 5
Carlos Delgado 57 2000 Toronto Blue Jays AL 6
Garret Anderson 56 2002 Anaheim Angels AL 7
Nomar Garciaparra 56 2002 Boston Red Sox AL  
George Kell 56 1950 Detroit Tigers AL  
Gee Walker 55 1936 Detroit Tigers AL 10
Hal McRae 54 1977 Kansas City Royals AL 11
John Olerud 54 1993 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Magglio Ordonez 54 2007 Detroit Tigers AL  
Alex Rodriguez 54 1996 Seattle Mariners AL  
Don Mattingly 53 1986 New York Yankees AL 15
Al Simmons 53 1926 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Grady Sizemore 53 2006 Cleveland Indians AL  
Tris Speaker 53 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Albert Belle 52 1995 Cleveland Indians AL 19
Lou Gehrig 52 1927 New York Yankees AL  
Edgar Martinez 52 1995 Seattle Mariners AL  
Edgar Martinez 52 1996 Seattle Mariners AL  
David Ortiz 52 2007 Boston Red Sox AL  
Tris Speaker 52 1926 Cleveland Indians AL  
Tris Speaker 52 1921 Cleveland Indians AL  
Michael Young 52 2006 Texas Rangers AL  
Beau Bell 51 1937 St. Louis Browns AL 27
Wade Boggs 51 1989 Boston Red Sox AL  
George Burns 51 1927 Cleveland Indians AL  
Joe Cronin 51 1938 Boston Red Sox AL  
Nomar Garciaparra 51 2000 Boston Red Sox AL  
Johnny Hodapp 51 1930 Cleveland Indians AL  
Baby Doll Jacobson 51 1926 Boston Red Sox AL  
St. Louis Browns AL
Nap Lajoie 51 1910 Cleveland Naps AL  
Alfonso Soriano 51 2002 New York Yankees AL  
Mickey Vernon 51 1946 Washington Senators AL  
Ben Chapman 50 1936 New York Yankees AL 37
Washington Senators AL
Charlie Gehringer 50 1934 Detroit Tigers AL  
Juan Gonzalez 50 1998 Texas Rangers AL  
Hank Greenberg 50 1940 Detroit Tigers AL  
Odell Hale 50 1936 Cleveland Indians AL  
Harry Heilmann 50 1927 Detroit Tigers AL  
Brian Roberts 50 2004 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Tris Speaker 50 1920 Cleveland Indians AL  
Stan Spence 50 1946 Washington Senators AL  
Miguel Tejada 50 2005 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Garret Anderson 49 2003 Anaheim Angels AL 47
Hank Greenberg 49 1937 Detroit Tigers AL  
Nap Lajoie 49 1904 Cleveland Blues AL  
Heinie Manush 49 1930 St. Louis Browns AL  
Washington Senators AL
Rafael Palmeiro 49 1991 Texas Rangers AL  
George Sisler 49 1920 St. Louis Browns AL  
Vernon Wells 49 2003 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Robin Yount 49 1980 Milwaukee Brewers AL  
Earl Averill 48 1934 Cleveland Indians AL 55
Albert Belle 48 1998 Chicago White Sox AL  
Ronnie Belliard 48 2004 Cleveland Indians AL  
Nap Lajoie 48 1906 Cleveland Naps AL  
Nap Lajoie 48 1901 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Don Mattingly 48 1985 New York Yankees AL  
Wally Moses 48 1937 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Joe Sewell 48 1927 Cleveland Indians AL  
Tris Speaker 48 1922 Cleveland Indians AL  
Dale Alexander 47 1931 Detroit Tigers AL 64
Wade Boggs 47 1986 Boston Red Sox AL  
George Burns 47 1923 Boston Red Sox AL  
Ty Cobb 47 1911 Detroit Tigers AL  
Harry Davis 47 1905 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Lou Gehrig 47 1926 New York Yankees AL  
Lou Gehrig 47 1928 New York Yankees AL  
Charlie Gehringer 47 1930 Detroit Tigers AL  
Jason Giambi 47 2001 Oakland Athletics AL  
Aaron Hill 47 2007 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Aubrey Huff 47 2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL  
Mike Lowell 47 2006 Boston Red Sox AL  
Fred Lynn 47 1975 Boston Red Sox AL  
Heinie Manush 47 1928 St. Louis Browns AL  
Eric McNair 47 1932 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Bob Meusel 47 1927 New York Yankees AL  
Ed Morgan 47 1930 Cleveland Indians AL  
Magglio Ordonez 47 2002 Chicago White Sox AL  
David Ortiz 47 2004 Boston Red Sox AL  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 47 1983 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Ivan Rodriguez 47 1996 Texas Rangers AL  
John Valentin 47 1997 Boston Red Sox AL  
Joe Vosmik 47 1935 Cleveland Indians AL  
Joe Vosmik 47 1937 St. Louis Browns AL  
John Anderson 46 1901 Milwaukee Brewers AL 88
Lou Boudreau 46 1940 Cleveland Indians AL  
Bill Buckner 46 1985 Boston Red Sox AL  
Jeff Cirillo 46 1996 Milwaukee Brewers AL  
Jeff Cirillo 46 1997 Milwaukee Brewers AL  
Marty Cordova 46 1996 Minnesota Twins AL  
Deivi Cruz 46 2000 Detroit Tigers AL  
Hank Greenberg 46 1935 Detroit Tigers AL  
Red Kress 46 1931 St. Louis Browns AL  
Lyn Lary 46 1937 Cleveland Indians AL  
Edgar Martinez 46 1998 Seattle Mariners AL  
Edgar Martinez 46 1992 Seattle Mariners AL  
Hal McRae 46 1982 Kansas City Royals AL 100
Magglio Ordonez 46 2003 Chicago White Sox AL  
Lyle Overbay 46 2006 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 46 1991 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Red Rolfe 46 1939 New York Yankees AL  
Tris Speaker 46 1914 Boston Red Sox AL  
Mike Sweeney 46 2001 Kansas City Royals AL  
Frank Thomas 46 1992 Chicago White Sox AL  
Rudy York 46 1940 Detroit Tigers AL  
Robin Yount 46 1982 Milwaukee Brewers AL  
Current Through End of 2007 Regular Season


Should Baseball Almanac start a new club called the "60 Doubles Club"? It would include Earl Webb (67), George Burns (64), Joe Medwick (64), Hank Greenberg (63), Paul Waner (62) & Charlie Gehringer (60).

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The National League single season record for doubles was set in 1936 by Joe Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals. The American League single season record for doubles is on this page. Is either the Career Leader for Doubles?
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