Top 25 Doubles in 1987 in the American League

Doubles : 1987 American League Top 25

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1987 Doubles Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Doubles Team Rank

Paul Molitor 41 Milwaukee Brewers 1

Wade Boggs 40 Boston Red Sox 2

Phil Bradley 38 Seattle Mariners 3

Ivan Calderon 38 Chicago White Sox

Don Mattingly 38 New York Yankees

Lou Whitaker 38 Detroit Tigers

Alvin Davis 37 Seattle Mariners 7

Dwight Evans 37 Boston Red Sox

Gary Gaetti 36 Minnesota Twins 9

Jose Canseco 35 Oakland Athletics 10

Ruben Sierra 35 Texas Rangers

Pat Tabler 34 Cleveland Indians 12

Alan Trammell 34 Detroit Tigers

Wally Joyner 33 California Angels 14

Kevin Seitzer 33 Kansas City Royals

Greg Walker 33 Chicago White Sox

Devon White 33 California Angels

George Bell 32 Toronto Blue Jays 18

Mike Davis 32 Oakland Athletics

Kirby Puckett 32 Minnesota Twins

Frank White 32 Kansas City Royals

Mike Greenwell 31 Boston Red Sox 22

Harold Reynolds 31 Seattle Mariners

Ellis Burks 30 Boston Red Sox 24

Chet Lemon 30 Detroit Tigers

Name Doubles Team Rank

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).

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?

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