Doubles : 1961 American League Top 25

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1961 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Al Kaline 41 Detroit Tigers 1
Tony Kubek 38 New York Yankees 2
Brooks Robinson 38 Baltimore Orioles  
Norm Siebern 36 Kansas City Athletics 4
Vic Power 34 Cleveland Indians 5
Carl Yastrzemski 31 Boston Red Sox 6
Rocky Colavito 30 Detroit Tigers 7
Tito Francona 30 Cleveland Indians  
Danny O'Connell 30 Washington Senators  
Dick Howser 29 Kansas City Athletics 10
Ken Hunt 29 Los Angeles Angels  
Jerry Lumpe 29 Kansas City Athletics  
Johnny Romano 29 Cleveland Indians  
Al Smith 29 Chicago White Sox  
Lenny Green 28 Minnesota Twins 15
Minnie Minoso 28 Chicago White Sox  
Jim Lemon 26 Minnesota Twins 17
Jimmy Piersall 26 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Sievers 26 Chicago White Sox  
Jim Gentile 25 Baltimore Orioles 20
Chuck Schilling 25 Boston Red Sox  
Zoilo Versalles 25 Minnesota Twins  
Luis Aparicio 24 Chicago White Sox 23
Earl Battey 24 Minnesota Twins  
Woodie Held 23 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.

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).

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