Doubles : 2008 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
 

2008 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dustin Pedroia 54 Boston Red Sox 1
Brian Roberts 51 Baltimore Orioles 2
Aubrey Huff 48 Baltimore Orioles 3
Nick Markakis 48 Baltimore Orioles  
Justin Morneau 47 Minnesota Twins 5
Alex Rios 47 Toronto Blue Jays  
Raul Ibanez 43 Seattle Mariners 7
Kevin Youkilis 43 Boston Red Sox  
Jose Guillen 42 Kansas City Royals 9
Jhonny Peralta 42 Cleveland Indians  
Jermaine Dye 41 Chicago White Sox 11
Ian Kinsler 41 Texas Rangers  
Jose Lopez 41 Seattle Mariners  
Bobby Abreu 39 New York Yankees 14
Bobby Crosby 39 Oakland Athletics  
Grady Sizemore 39 Cleveland Indians  
Torii Hunter 37 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 17
B.J. Upton 37 Tampa Bay Rays  
Yuniesky Betancourt 36 Seattle Mariners 19
Miguel Cabrera 36 Detroit Tigers  
Michael Young 36 Texas Rangers  
Robinson Cano 35 New York Yankees 22
Alex Gordon 35 Kansas City Royals  
Josh Hamilton 35 Texas Rangers  
Placido Polanco 34 Detroit Tigers 25



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?

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.