Doubles : 1926 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1926 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Bottomley 40 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Edd Roush 37 Cincinnati Reds 2
Hack Wilson 36 Chicago Cubs 3
Sparky Adams 35 Chicago Cubs 4
Babe Herman 35 Brooklyn Robins  
Paul Waner 35 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rogers Hornsby 34 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Les Bell 33 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Cliff Heathcote 33 Chicago Cubs  
Eddie Brown 31 Boston Braves 10
Kiki Cuyler 31 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Zack Wheat 31 Brooklyn Robins  
Charlie Grimm 30 Chicago Cubs 13
Bob O'Farrell 30 St. Louis Cardinals  
Heinie Sand 30 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frankie Frisch 29 New York Giants 16
Freddy Leach 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Billy Southworth 28 New York Giants 18
St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Butler 27 Brooklyn Robins 19
Chuck Dressen 27 Cincinnati Reds  
Howard Freigau 27 Chicago Cubs  
George Grantham 27 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gabby Hartnett 25 Chicago Cubs 23
Irish Meusel 25 New York Giants  
Pie Traynor 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.