Doubles : 1890 American Association Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1890 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Cupid Childs 33 Syracuse Stars 1
Denny Lyons 29 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Jimmy Wolf 29 Louisville Colonels  
Sandy Griffin 28 Rochester Rochesters 4
Tommy McCarthy 28 St. Louis Browns  
Blondie Purcell 28 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jim McTamany 27 Columbus Colts 7
Farmer Weaver 27 Louisville Colonels  
Chief Roseman 26 St. Louis Browns 9
Louisville Colonels  
Billy O'Brien 25 Brooklyn Gladiators 10
Curt Welch 25 Philadelphia Athletics  
Baltimore Orioles  
Jack O'Brien 24 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Spud Johnson 23 Columbus Colts 13
Charlie Reilly 23 Columbus Colts  
Ed Swartwood 23 Toledo Maumees  
Charlie Hamburg 22 Louisville Colonels 16
Hank Simon 22 Brooklyn Gladiators  
Syracuse Stars  
Perry Werden 22 Toledo Maumees  
Phil Tomney 21 Louisville Colonels 19
Mike Lehane 19 Columbus Colts 20
Jack Doyle 17 Columbus Colts 21
Mox McQuery 17 Syracuse Stars  
Bones Ely 16 Syracuse Stars 23
Deacon McGuire 16 Rochester Rochesters  
Parson Nicholson 16 Toledo Maumees  



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.