Doubles : 1899 National League Top 25

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1899 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ed Delahanty 55 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Honus Wagner 43 Louisville Colonels 2
Ducky Holmes 31 Baltimore Orioles 3
Herman Long 30 Boston Beaneaters 4
Hugh Duffy 29 Boston Beaneaters 5
Pearce Chiles 28 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Jimmy Collins 28 Boston Beaneaters  
Bobby Wallace 28 St. Louis Perfectos  
Jimmy Williams 28 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jake Beckley 27 Cincinnati Reds 10
Kip Selbach 27 Cincinnati Reds  
Steve Brodie 26 Baltimore Orioles 12
Monte Cross 25 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Tom Daly 24 Brooklyn Superbas 14
Joe Quinn 24 Cleveland Spiders  
Fred Clarke 23 Louisville Colonels 16
Candy LaChance 23 Baltimore Orioles  
Chick Stahl 23 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Dahlen 22 Brooklyn Superbas 19
Elmer Flick 22 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Keister 22 Baltimore Orioles  
Jack McCarthy 22 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed McFarland 22 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jesse Burkett 21 St. Louis Perfectos 24
George Davis 21 New York Giants  



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.

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.