Doubles : 1998 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1998 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Juan Gonzalez 50 Texas Rangers 1
Albert Belle 48 Chicago White Sox 2
Edgar Martinez 46 Seattle Mariners 3
John Valentin 44 Boston Red Sox 4
Carlos Delgado 43 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Jim Edmonds 42 Anaheim Angels 6
Garret Anderson 41 Anaheim Angels 7
Will Clark 41 Texas Rangers  
Ben Grieve 41 Oakland Athletics  
Todd Walker 41 Minnesota Twins  
Paul O'Neill 40 New York Yankees 11
Ivan Rodriguez 40 Texas Rangers  
Gary DiSarcina 39 Anaheim Angels 13
Darin Erstad 39 Anaheim Angels  
David Justice 39 Cleveland Indians  
Damion Easley 38 Detroit Tigers 16
Quinton McCracken 38 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Tony Clark 37 Detroit Tigers 18
Nomar Garciaparra 37 Boston Red Sox  
Bobby Higginson 37 Detroit Tigers  
Roberto Alomar 36 Baltimore Orioles 21
Tony Fernandez 36 Toronto Blue Jays  
Matt Lawton 36 Minnesota Twins  
Troy O'Leary 36 Boston Red Sox  
Rafael Palmeiro 36 Baltimore Orioles  



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

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.