Doubles : 1965 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1965 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Zoilo Versalles 45 Minnesota Twins 1
Carl Yastrzemski 45 Boston Red Sox  
Tony Oliva 40 Minnesota Twins 3
Tom Tresh 29 New York Yankees 4
Bobby Richardson 28 New York Yankees 5
Lee Thomas 27 Boston Red Sox 6
Jerry Adair 26 Baltimore Orioles 7
Rocky Colavito 25 Cleveland Indians 8
Jimmie Hall 25 Minnesota Twins  
Brooks Robinson 25 Baltimore Orioles  
Pete Ward 25 Chicago White Sox  
Max Alvis 24 Cleveland Indians 12
Lenny Green 24 Boston Red Sox  
Bobby Knoop 24 California Angels  
Bill Skowron 24 Chicago White Sox  
Curt Blefary 23 Baltimore Orioles 16
Clete Boyer 23 New York Yankees  
Bert Campaneris 23 Kansas City Athletics  
Jose Cardenal 23 California Angels  
Norm Cash 23 Detroit Tigers  
Ron Hansen 23 Chicago White Sox  
Fred Whitfield 23 Cleveland Indians  
Earl Battey 22 Minnesota Twins 23
Larry Brown 22 Cleveland Indians  
Don Buford 22 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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.

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?