Doubles : 1898 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1898 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Nap Lajoie 43 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Ed Delahanty 36 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jimmy Collins 35 Boston Beaneaters 3
Bill Dahlen 35 Chicago Orphans  
John Anderson 33 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5
Washington Senators  
Jimmy Ryan 32 Chicago Orphans 6
Honus Wagner 29 Louisville Colonels 7
Tommy Corcoran 28 Cincinnati Reds 8
Lave Cross 28 St. Louis Browns  
Kip Selbach 28 Washington Senators  
George Van Haltren 28 New York Giants  
Klondike Douglass 26 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Bid McPhee 26 Cincinnati Reds  
Monte Cross 25 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Hughie Jennings 25 Baltimore Orioles  
Fred Tenney 25 Boston Beaneaters  
Bobby Wallace 25 Cleveland Spiders  
Duff Cooley 24 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Dusty Miller 24 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Clarke 23 Louisville Colonels 20
Candy LaChance 23 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Ed McKean 23 Cleveland Spiders  
Herman Long 21 Boston Beaneaters 23
Ed McFarland 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
Elmer Smith 21 Cincinnati Reds  



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 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?

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