Doubles : 2004 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

2004 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Brian Roberts 50 Baltimore Orioles 1
Ronnie Belliard 48 Cleveland Indians 2
David Ortiz 47 Boston Red Sox 3
Derek Jeter 44 New York Yankees 4
Manny Ramirez 44 Boston Red Sox  
Travis Hafner 41 Cleveland Indians 6
Julio Lugo 41 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Melvin Mora 41 Baltimore Orioles  
Miguel Tejada 40 Baltimore Orioles 9
Eric Byrnes 39 Oakland Athletics 10
Vladimir Guerrero 39 Anaheim Angels  
Hank Blalock 38 Texas Rangers 12
Victor Martinez 38 Cleveland Indians  
Aaron Rowand 38 Chicago White Sox  
Mark Bellhorn 37 Boston Red Sox 15
Carlos Guillen 37 Detroit Tigers  
Torii Hunter 37 Minnesota Twins  
Mark Kotsay 37 Oakland Athletics  
Carlos Lee 37 Chicago White Sox  
Casey Blake 36 Cleveland Indians 20
Kevin Millar 36 Boston Red Sox  
Johnny Damon 35 Boston Red Sox 22
Erubiel Durazo 35 Oakland Athletics  
Bobby Crosby 34 Oakland Athletics 24
Hideki Matsui 34 New York Yankees  



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?

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.