Doubles : 1936 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1936 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Gehringer 60 Detroit Tigers 1
Gee Walker 55 Detroit Tigers 2
Ben Chapman 50 New York Yankees 3
Washington Senators  
Odell Hale 50 Cleveland Indians  
Moose Solters 45 St. Louis Browns 5
Hal Trosky 45 Cleveland Indians  
Joe DiMaggio 44 New York Yankees 7
Joe Kuhel 42 Washington Senators 8
Beau Bell 40 St. Louis Browns 9
Harlond Clift 40 St. Louis Browns  
Earl Averill 39 Cleveland Indians 11
Zeke Bonura 39 Chicago White Sox  
Jim Bottomley 39 St. Louis Browns  
Red Rolfe 39 New York Yankees  
Al Simmons 38 Detroit Tigers 15
Jack Burns 37 St. Louis Browns 16
Detroit Tigers  
Lou Gehrig 37 New York Yankees  
Eric McNair 36 Boston Red Sox 18
Frankie Crosetti 35 New York Yankees 19
Roy Hughes 35 Cleveland Indians  
Bill Knickerbocker 35 Cleveland Indians  
Wally Moses 35 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jackie Hayes 34 Chicago White Sox 23
Cecil Travis 34 Washington Senators  
Goose Goslin 33 Detroit Tigers 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.

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.

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?