Doubles : 1977 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)
 

1977 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hal McRae 54 Kansas City Royals 1
Reggie Jackson 39 New York Yankees 2
Rod Carew 38 Minnesota Twins 3
Chet Lemon 38 Chicago White Sox  
Lyman Bostock 36 Minnesota Twins 5
Rick Burleson 36 Boston Red Sox  
Larry Hisle 36 Minnesota Twins  
Rusty Staub 34 Detroit Tigers 8
Robin Yount 34 Milwaukee Brewers  
Butch Hobson 33 Boston Red Sox 10
George Brett 32 Kansas City Royals 11
Chris Chambliss 32 New York Yankees  
Al Cowens 32 Kansas City Royals  
Al Bumbry 31 Baltimore Orioles 14
Cecil Cooper 31 Milwaukee Brewers  
Claudell Washington 31 Texas Rangers  
Ron LeFlore 30 Detroit Tigers 17
Ralph Garr 29 Chicago White Sox 18
Steve Kemp 29 Detroit Tigers  
Fred Lynn 29 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Murray 29 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Rice 29 Boston Red Sox  
Doug DeCinces 28 Baltimore Orioles 23
Mike Hargrove 28 Texas Rangers  
Don Money 28 Milwaukee Brewers  



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?

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.