Doubles : 1903 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1903 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fred Clarke 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Sam Mertes 32 New York Giants  
Harry Steinfeldt 32 Cincinnati Reds  
Ginger Beaumont 30 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Roger Bresnahan 30 New York Giants  
Honus Wagner 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jake Beckley 29 Cincinnati Reds 7
Johnny Kling 29 Chicago Cubs  
Jimmy Sheckard 29 Brooklyn Superbas  
Claude Ritchey 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Jack Doyle 27 Brooklyn Superbas 11
Johnny Evers 27 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Keister 27 Philadelphia Phillies  
Duff Cooley 26 Boston Beaneaters 14
Mike Donlin 25 Cincinnati Reds 15
John Farrell 25 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pat Moran 25 Boston Beaneaters  
Cy Seymour 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Shad Barry 24 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Frank Chance 24 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Gremminger 24 Boston Beaneaters  
Kitty Bransfield 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Rudy Hulswitt 22 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Joe Kelley 22 Cincinnati Reds  
Homer Smoot 22 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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.