Doubles : 1903 American League 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)
 

1903 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Socks Seybold 45 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Nap Lajoie 41 Cleveland Blues 2
Buck Freeman 39 Boston Americans 3
Bill Bradley 36 Cleveland Blues 4
John Anderson 34 St. Louis Browns 5
Jimmy Collins 33 Boston Americans 6
Charlie Hickman 31 Cleveland Blues 7
Danny Murphy 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Freddy Parent 31 Boston Americans  
Jimmy Williams 30 New York Highlanders 10
Harry Davis 28 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Nixey Callahan 26 Chicago White Stockings 12
Danny Green 26 Chicago White Stockings  
John Ganzel 25 New York Highlanders 14
Frank Isbell 25 Chicago White Stockings  
Jimmy Ryan 25 Washington Senators  
Charlie Carr 23 Detroit Tigers 17
Wid Conroy 23 New York Highlanders  
Sam Crawford 23 Detroit Tigers  
Kid Elberfeld 23 Detroit Tigers  
New York Highlanders  
Elmer Flick 23 Cleveland Blues  
Kip Selbach 23 Washington Senators  
Lave Cross 22 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Candy LaChance 22 Boston Americans  
Monte Cross 21 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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

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).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.