Doubles : 1901 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)
 

1901 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tom Daly 38 Brooklyn Superbas 1
Ed Delahanty 38 Philadelphia Phillies  
Honus Wagner 37 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Jake Beckley 36 Cincinnati Reds 4
Bobby Wallace 34 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Elmer Flick 32 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Kip Selbach 29 New York Giants 7
Jimmy Sheckard 29 Brooklyn Superbas  
Kitty Bransfield 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
George Davis 26 New York Giants  
Topsy Hartsel 25 Chicago Orphans 11
Charlie Irwin 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Brooklyn Superbas  
Fred Clarke 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Emmet Heidrick 24 St. Louis Cardinals  
Patsy Donovan 23 St. Louis Cardinals 15
George Van Haltren 23 New York Giants  
Joe Kelley 22 Brooklyn Superbas 17
Hughie Jennings 21 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Jesse Burkett 20 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Sam Crawford 20 Cincinnati Reds  
Charlie Hickman 20 New York Giants  
Claude Ritchey 20 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willie Keeler 18 Brooklyn Superbas 23
Algie McBride 18 Cincinnati Reds  
New York Giants  
Harry Steinfeldt 18 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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?