Doubles : 1918 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)
 

1918 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker 33 Cleveland Indians 1
Harry Hooper 26 Boston Red Sox 2
Babe Ruth 26 Boston Red Sox  
Frank Baker 24 New York Yankees 4
Ray Demmitt 23 St. Louis Browns 5
Joe Judge 23 Washington Senators  
George Burns 22 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Larry Gardner 22 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Wood 22 Cleveland Indians  
Braggo Roth 21 Cleveland Indians 10
George Sisler 21 St. Louis Browns  
Bobby Veach 21 Detroit Tigers  
Tilly Walker 20 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Ray Chapman 19 Cleveland Indians 14
Ty Cobb 19 Detroit Tigers  
Del Pratt 19 New York Yankees  
Howie Shanks 19 Washington Senators  
Jack Tobin 19 St. Louis Browns  
Shano Collins 18 Chicago White Sox 19
Chick Gandil 18 Chicago White Sox  
Clyde Milan 18 Washington Senators  
Amos Strunk 18 Boston Red Sox  
Doc Lavan 17 Washington Senators 23
Dave Shean 16 Boston Red Sox 24
Burt Shotton 16 Washington Senators  



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).

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.