Doubles : 1876 National 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1876 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ross Barnes 21 Chicago White Stockings 1
Dick Higham 21 Hartford Dark Blues  
Paul Hines 21 Chicago White Stockings  
Lip Pike 19 St. Louis Brown Stockings 4
Deacon White 18 Chicago White Stockings 5
George Wright 18 Boston Red Caps  
Charley Jones 17 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Jim O'Rourke 17 Boston Red Caps  
Wes Fisler 15 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Cal McVey 15 Chicago White Stockings  
Jim Devlin 14 Louisville Grays 11
John Peters 14 Chicago White Stockings  
Al Spalding 14 Chicago White Stockings  
Jack Manning 13 Boston Red Caps 14
Levi Meyerle 12 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Jack Remsen 12 Hartford Dark Blues  
Ezra Sutton 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tom York 12 Hartford Dark Blues  
Joe Battin 11 St. Louis Brown Stockings 19
Harry Schafer 11 Boston Red Caps  
Ned Cuthbert 10 St. Louis Brown Stockings 21
Joe Gerhardt 10 Louisville Grays  
Andy Leonard 10 Boston Red Caps  
Cap Anson 9 Chicago White Stockings 24
Jack Burdock 9 Hartford Dark Blues  



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?

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).

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.