Single Season Leaders for Doubles in the National 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 National League leaders in Major League doubles. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"I'd rather pitch to any other hitter in the league. He's bad news all the time. No game is ever won against the Cardinals until (Joe) Medwick is out in the ninth." - Pitcher Van Mungo on BaseballHallOfFame.org Website (Joe Medwick Page)
Doubles
Single Season National League Leaders

'Top 100'
Joe Medwick 64 1936 St. Louis Cardinals NL 1
Paul Waner 62 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 2
Todd Helton 59 2000 Colorado Rockies NL 3
Chuck Klein 59 1930 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Billy Herman 57 1935 Chicago Cubs NL 5
Billy Herman 57 1936 Chicago Cubs NL  
Craig Biggio 56 1999 Houston Astros NL 7
Joe Medwick 56 1937 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Lance Berkman 55 2001 Houston Astros NL 9
Ed Delahanty 55 1899 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Mark Grudzielanek 54 1997 Montreal Expos NL 11
Todd Helton 54 2001 Colorado Rockies NL  
Jeff Cirillo 53 2000 Colorado Rockies NL 13
Stan Musial 53 1953 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Lyle Overbay 53 2004 Milwaukee Brewers NL  
Freddy Sanchez 53 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Paul Waner 53 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Johnny Frederick 52 1929 Brooklyn Robins NL 18
Luis Gonzalez 52 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks NL  
Enos Slaughter 52 1939 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Craig Biggio 51 1998 Houston Astros NL 21
Hugh Duffy 51 1894 Boston Beaneaters NL  
Mark Grace 51 1995 Chicago Cubs NL  
Stan Musial 51 1944 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Albert Pujols 51 2003 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Albert Pujols 51 2004 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Frank Robinson 51 1962 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Pete Rose 51 1978 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Jose Vidro 51 2000 Montreal Expos NL  
Bobby Abreu 50 2002 Philadelphia Phillies NL 30
Miguel Cabrera 50 2006 Florida Marlins NL  
Kiki Cuyler 50 1930 Chicago Cubs NL  
Matt Holliday 50 2007 Colorado Rockies NL  
Chuck Klein 50 1932 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Derrek Lee 50 2005 Chicago Cubs NL  
Stan Musial 50 1946 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Paul Waner 50 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Ed Delahanty 49 1895 Philadelphia Phillies NL 38
Marcus Giles 49 2003 Atlanta Braves NL  
Shawn Green 49 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Tony Gwynn 49 1997 San Diego Padres NL  
Todd Helton 49 2004 Colorado Rockies NL  
Todd Helton 49 2003 Colorado Rockies NL  
Jeff Kent 49 2001 San Francisco Giants NL  
Scott Rolen 49 2003 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Riggs Stephenson 49 1932 Chicago Cubs NL  
Dan Uggla 49 2007 Florida Marlins NL  
Ned Williamson 49 1883 Chicago White Stockings NL  
Bobby Abreu 48 2001 Philadelphia Phillies NL 49
Garrett Atkins 48 2006 Colorado Rockies NL  
Jeff Bagwell 48 1996 Houston Astros NL  
Dick Bartell 48 1932 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Dante Bichette 48 1998 Colorado Rockies NL  
Babe Herman 48 1930 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Keith Hernandez 48 1979 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Joe Kelley 48 1894 Baltimore Orioles NL  
Joe Medwick 48 1939 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Stan Musial 48 1943 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Hanley Ramirez 48 2007 Florida Marlins NL  
Scott Rolen 48 2006 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Chase Utley 48 2007 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Dmitri Young 48 1998 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Bobby Abreu 47 2004 Philadelphia Phillies NL 63
Craig Biggio 47 2004 Houston Astros NL  
Orlando Cabrera 47 2003 Montreal Expos NL  
Adam Comorosky 47 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Luis Gonzalez 47 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks NL  
Chick Hafey 47 1929 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Tommy Holmes 47 1945 Boston Braves NL  
Rogers Hornsby 47 1929 Chicago Cubs NL  
Mark Loretta 47 2004 San Diego Padres NL  
Joe Medwick 47 1938 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Wes Parker 47 1970 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Vada Pinson 47 1959 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Albert Pujols 47 2001 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Edgar Renteria 47 2003 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Pete Rose 47 1975 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Ryan Zimmerman 47 2006 Washington Nationals NL  
Hank Aaron 46 1959 Milwaukee Braves NL 79
Sparky Adams 46 1931 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Ethan Allen 46 1935 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Lance Berkman 46 2008 Houston Astros NL  
Lou Brock 46 1968 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Jack Clark 46 1978 San Francisco Giants NL  
Warren Cromartie 46 1979 Montreal Expos NL  
Frankie Frisch 46 1930 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Adrian Gonzalez 46 2007 San Diego Padres NL  
Luis Gonzalez 46 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks NL  
Chick Hafey 46 1928 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Von Hayes 46 1986 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Rogers Hornsby 46 1922 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Nick Johnson 46 2006 Washington Nationals NL  
Nate McLouth 46 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Joe Medwick 46 1935 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Stan Musial 46 1948 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Hanley Ramirez 46 2006 Florida Marlins NL  
Riggs Stephenson 46 1927 Chicago Cubs NL  
Miguel Tejada 46 2009 Houston Astros NL  
Larry Walker 46 1997 Colorado Rockies NL  
Larry Walker 46 1998 Colorado Rockies NL 100
Current Through 2009 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 American League single season record for doubles was set in 1931 by Earl Webb of the Boston Red Sox. The National League single season record for doubles is on this page. Is either the Career Leader for Doubles?
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