Doubles : 1940 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1940 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hank Greenberg 50 Detroit Tigers 1
Lou Boudreau 46 Cleveland Indians 2
Rudy York 46 Detroit Tigers  
Ted Williams 43 Boston Red Sox 4
Wally Moses 41 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Ben Chapman 40 Cleveland Indians 6
Barney McCosky 39 Detroit Tigers 7
George McQuinn 39 St. Louis Browns  
Hal Trosky 39 Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Lewis 38 Washington Senators 10
Bobby Doerr 37 Boston Red Sox 11
Cecil Travis 37 Washington Senators  
Joe Cronin 35 Boston Red Sox 13
Roy Weatherly 35 Cleveland Indians  
Charlie Gehringer 33 Detroit Tigers 15
Rip Radcliff 33 St. Louis Browns  
Dom DiMaggio 32 Boston Red Sox 17
Joe Gordon 32 New York Yankees  
Johnny Berardino 31 St. Louis Browns 19
Lou Finney 31 Boston Red Sox  
Dick Siebert 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Taffy Wright 31 Chicago White Sox  
Jimmie Foxx 30 Boston Red Sox 23
George Case 29 Washington Senators 24
Harlond Clift 29 St. Louis Browns  



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.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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).