Doubles : 1929 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1929 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Frederick 52 Brooklyn Robins 1
Chick Hafey 47 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Rogers Hornsby 47 Chicago Cubs  
George Kelly 45 Cincinnati Reds 4
Chuck Klein 45 Philadelphia Phillies  
Paul Waner 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Pinky Whitney 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
Taylor Douthit 42 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Babe Herman 42 Brooklyn Robins  
Fresco Thompson 41 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Dick Bartell 40 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Frankie Frisch 40 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Sisler 40 Boston Braves  
Bill Terry 39 New York Giants 14
Mel Ott 37 New York Giants 15
Riggs Stephenson 36 Chicago Cubs 16
Norm McMillan 35 Chicago Cubs 17
Lefty O'Doul 35 Philadelphia Phillies  
Evar Swanson 35 Cincinnati Reds  
Andy High 32 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Jim Bottomley 31 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Wally Gilbert 31 Brooklyn Robins  
Hack Wilson 30 Chicago Cubs 23
Kiki Cuyler 29 Chicago Cubs 24
Woody English 29 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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).