Doubles : 1962 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1962 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Floyd Robinson 45 Chicago White Sox 1
Carl Yastrzemski 43 Boston Red Sox 2
Eddie Bressoud 40 Boston Red Sox 3
Bobby Richardson 38 New York Yankees 4
Jerry Lumpe 34 Kansas City Athletics 5
Roger Maris 34 New York Yankees  
Buck Rodgers 34 Los Angeles Angels  
Lenny Green 33 Minnesota Twins 8
Pete Runnels 33 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Cunningham 32 Chicago White Sox 10
Rocky Colavito 30 Detroit Tigers 11
Jerry Adair 29 Baltimore Orioles 12
Jackie Brandt 29 Baltimore Orioles  
Albie Pearson 29 Los Angeles Angels  
Brooks Robinson 29 Baltimore Orioles  
Tito Francona 28 Cleveland Indians 16
Vic Power 28 Minnesota Twins  
Bernie Allen 27 Minnesota Twins 18
Bill Bruton 27 Detroit Tigers  
Nellie Fox 27 Chicago White Sox  
Bubba Phillips 26 Cleveland Indians 21
Tom Tresh 26 New York Yankees  
Chuck Hinton 25 Washington Senators 23
Billy Moran 25 Los Angeles Angels  
Norm Siebern 25 Kansas City Athletics  



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.

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.