Doubles : 1938 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:

"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)
 

1938 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Cronin 51 Boston Red Sox 1
George McQuinn 42 St. Louis Browns 2
Ben Chapman 40 Boston Red Sox 3
Hal Trosky 40 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Vosmik 37 Boston Red Sox 5
Doc Cramer 36 Boston Red Sox 6
Lyn Lary 36 Cleveland Indians  
Red Rolfe 36 New York Yankees  
Beau Bell 35 St. Louis Browns 9
Frankie Crosetti 35 New York Yankees  
Pete Fox 35 Detroit Tigers  
Buddy Lewis 35 Washington Senators  
Jimmie Foxx 33 Boston Red Sox 13
Red Kress 33 St. Louis Browns  
Joe DiMaggio 32 New York Yankees 15
Lou Gehrig 32 New York Yankees  
Charlie Gehringer 32 Detroit Tigers  
Odell Hale 32 Cleveland Indians  
Jeff Heath 31 Cleveland Indians 19
Ken Keltner 31 Cleveland Indians  
Cecil Travis 30 Washington Senators 21
Mel Almada 29 Washington Senators 22
St. Louis Browns  
Pinky Higgins 29 Boston Red Sox  
Wally Moses 29 Philadelphia Athletics  
Earl Averill 27 Cleveland Indians 25



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

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?