Doubles : 1960 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1960 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tito Francona 36 Cleveland Indians 1
Bill Skowron 34 New York Yankees 2
Gene Freese 32 Chicago White Sox 3
Minnie Minoso 32 Chicago White Sox  
Norm Siebern 31 Kansas City Athletics 5
Al Smith 31 Chicago White Sox  
Dick Williams 31 Kansas City Athletics  
Bob Allison 30 Washington Senators 8
Frank Malzone 30 Boston Red Sox  
Al Kaline 29 Detroit Tigers 10
Pete Runnels 29 Boston Red Sox  
Brooks Robinson 27 Baltimore Orioles 12
Billy Gardner 26 Washington Senators 13
Vic Power 26 Cleveland Indians  
Marv Breeding 25 Baltimore Orioles 15
Tony Kubek 25 New York Yankees  
Jim Landis 25 Chicago White Sox  
Earl Battey 24 Washington Senators 18
Jackie Brandt 24 Baltimore Orioles  
Nellie Fox 24 Chicago White Sox  
Harvey Kuenn 24 Cleveland Indians  
Sherm Lollar 23 Chicago White Sox 22
Eddie Yost 23 Detroit Tigers  
Ron Hansen 22 Baltimore Orioles 24
Russ Nixon 22 Cleveland Indians  
Boston Red Sox  



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

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).