Doubles : 1939 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1939 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Red Rolfe 46 New York Yankees 1
Ted Williams 44 Boston Red Sox 2
Hank Greenberg 42 Detroit Tigers 3
George McQuinn 37 St. Louis Browns 4
Ken Keltner 35 Cleveland Indians 5
Joe Cronin 33 Boston Red Sox 6
Barney McCosky 33 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Tabor 33 Boston Red Sox  
Joe DiMaggio 32 New York Yankees 9
Joe Gordon 32 New York Yankees  
Ben Chapman 31 Cleveland Indians 11
Jimmie Foxx 31 Boston Red Sox  
Jeff Heath 31 Cleveland Indians  
Hal Trosky 31 Cleveland Indians  
Doc Cramer 30 Boston Red Sox 15
Bob Johnson 30 Philadelphia Athletics  
Mike Kreevich 30 Chicago White Sox  
Gee Walker 30 Chicago White Sox  
Charlie Gehringer 29 Detroit Tigers 19
Joe Vosmik 29 Boston Red Sox  
Taffy Wright 29 Washington Senators  
Earl Averill 28 Cleveland Indians 22
Detroit Tigers  
Bobby Doerr 28 Boston Red Sox  
Frankie Hayes 28 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Moses 28 Philadelphia Athletics  



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?

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.