League by League Totals for Doubles

Ever wonder which league has the most doubles each season? This is a comprehensive breakdown of both leagues showing the number of doubles in each league and a major league total for every season since 1901.

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Doubles

League By League Totals

American League National League Major League Year
1,534 1,397 2,931 1901
1,660 1,170 2,830 1902
1,549 1,485 3,034 1903
1,482 1,369 2,851 1904
1,531 1,327 2,858 1905
1,374 1,258 2,632 1906
1,322 1,148 2,470 1907
1,279 1,244 2,523 1908
1,272 1,387 2,659 1909
1,299 1,516 2,815 1910
1,623 1,642 3,265 1911
1,591 1,762 3,353 1912
1,476 1,594 3,070 1913
1,435 1,510 2,945 1914
1,409 1,555 2,964 1915
1,540 1,455 2,995 1916
1,477 1,432 2,909 1917
1,204 1,119 2,323 1918
1,607 1,315 2,922 1919
2,005 1,604 3,609 1920
2,142 1,839 3,981 1921
2,033 1,911 3,944 1922
2,010 1,912 3,922 1923
2,200 1,881 4,081 1924
2,217 2,120 4,337 1925
2,194 1,948 4,142 1926
2,260 1,888 4,148 1927
2,202 2,021 4,223 1928
2,229 2,253 4,482 1929
2,370 2,386 4,756 1930
2,320 2,188 4,508 1931
2,286 2,293 4,579 1932
2,091 1,854 3,945 1933
2,206 2,108 4,314 1934
2,212 2,053 4,265 1935
2,400 2,071 4,471 1936
2,294 1,922 4,216 1937
2,133 1,913 4,406 1938
2,107 2,032 4,139 1939
2,167 1,934 4,101 1940
2,066 1,892 3,958 1941
1,797 1,680 3,477 1942
1,728 1,739 3,467 1943
1,771 1,882 3,653 1944
1,674 1,823 3,497 1945
1,827 1,752 3,579 1946
1,708 1,860 3,568 1947
1,846 1,840 3,686 1948
1,737 1,865 3,602 1949
1,829 1,885 3,714 1950
1,836 1,746 3,582 1951
1,716 1,672 3,388 1952
1,816 1,777 3,593 1953
1,639 1,816 3,455 1954
1,574 1,677 3,251 1955
1,680 1,659 3,339 1956
1,663 1,733 3,396 1957
1,623 1,769 3,392 1958
1,690 1,788 3,478 1959
1,720 1,722 3,442 1960
2,226 1,749 3,975 1961
2,238 2,075 4,313 1962
2,114 1,984 4,098 1963
2,109 2,161 4,270 1964
2,077 2,122 4,199 1965
2,021 2,099 4,120 1966
1,949 2,133 4,082 1967
1,874 1,995 3,869 1968
2,385 2,455 4,840 1969
2,492 2,743 5,235 1970
2,426 2,505 4,931 1971
2,260 2,392 4,652 1972
2,624 2,600 5,224 1973
2,564 2,642 5,206 1974
2,662 2,781 5,443 1975
2,588 2,652 5,240 1976
3,408 3,033 6,441 1977
3,325 2,861 6,186 1978
3,529 2,886 6,415 1979
3,489 2,856 6,345 1980
2,119 1,881 4,000 1981
3,493 2,823 6,316 1982
3,710 2,753 6,463 1983
3,443 2,770 6,213 1984
3,562 2,861 6,423 1985
3,520 2,991 6,511 1986
3,667 3,126 6,793 1987
3,558 2,828 6,386 1988
3,404 2,903 6,307 1989
3,559 2,967 6,526 1990
3,680 2,819 6,499 1991
3,596 2,967 6,563 1992
3,861 3,588 7,449 1993
2,939 2,784 5,723 1994
3,591 3,367 6,958 1995
4,205 3,782 7,987 1996
4,101 3,903 8,004 1997
4,245 4,497 8,742 1998
4,121 4,619 8,740 1999
4,269 4,633 8,902 2000
4,200 4,613 8,813 2001
4,218 4,482 8,700 2002
4,170 4,657 8,827 2003
4,232 4,687 8,919 2004

4,109

4,754

8,863

2005

4,301

4,834

9,135

2006

4,299

4,898

9,197

2007

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American League National League Major League Year

League By League Doubles Totals



Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most doubles hit in a single season by a switch-hitter. In Cincinnati during the 1978 season he hit fifty-one doubles.

On June 5, 1948, and June 6, 1948, Red Schoendienst appeared in three St. Louis games. He hit eight doubles during those three consecutive games and is the only player to ever accomplish that unique two-bagger feat.

The player with the fewest doubles hit that still led the National League was Hank Aaron of Milwaukee in 1956 with thirty-four doubles in one-hundred fifty-three games.