Doubles : 1916 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1916 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Graney 41 Cleveland Indians 1
Tris Speaker 41 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Jackson 40 Chicago White Sox 3
Del Pratt 35 St. Louis Browns 4
Bobby Veach 33 Detroit Tigers 5
Ty Cobb 31 Detroit Tigers 6
Harry Heilmann 30 Detroit Tigers 7
Amos Strunk 30 Philadelphia Athletics  
Duffy Lewis 29 Boston Red Sox 9
Tilly Walker 29 Boston Red Sox  
Shano Collins 28 Chicago White Sox 11
Buck Weaver 27 Chicago White Sox 12
Chick Gandil 26 Cleveland Indians 13
Stuffy McInnis 25 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Elmer Smith 25 Cleveland Indians  
Washington Senators  
Happy Felsch 24 Chicago White Sox 16
Frank Baker 23 New York Yankees 17
Steve O'Neill 23 Cleveland Indians  
Burt Shotton 23 St. Louis Browns  
George Burns 22 Detroit Tigers 20
Roger Peckinpaugh 22 New York Yankees  
George Sisler 21 St. Louis Browns 22
Harry Hooper 20 Boston Red Sox 23
Wally Pipp 20 New York Yankees  
Larry Gardner 19 Boston Red Sox 25



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