Doubles : 1929 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1929 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Gehringer 45 Detroit Tigers 1
Roy Johnson 45 Detroit Tigers  
Heinie Manush 45 St. Louis Browns  
Lew Fonseca 44 Cleveland Indians 4
Dale Alexander 43 Detroit Tigers 5
Earl Averill 43 Cleveland Indians  
Mule Haas 41 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Harry Heilmann 41 Detroit Tigers  
Al Simmons 41 Philadelphia Athletics  
Lu Blue 40 St. Louis Browns 10
Sam Rice 39 Washington Senators 11
Red Kress 38 St. Louis Browns 12
Joe Sewell 38 Cleveland Indians  
Phil Todt 38 Boston Red Sox  
Mickey Cochrane 37 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Tony Lazzeri 37 New York Yankees  
Joe Judge 35 Washington Senators 17
Jimmy Dykes 34 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Earle Combs 33 New York Yankees 19
Willie Kamm 33 Chicago White Sox  
Harry Rice 33 Detroit Tigers  
Lou Gehrig 32 New York Yankees 22
Marty McManus 32 Detroit Tigers  
Bing Miller 32 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Dickey 30 New York Yankees 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).

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?