Doubles : 1950 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)
 

1950 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Red Schoendienst 43 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Stan Musial 41 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Jackie Robinson 39 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Ted Kluszewski 37 Cincinnati Reds 4
Al Dark 36 New York Giants 5
Del Ennis 34 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Johnny Wyrostek 34 Cincinnati Reds  
Sid Gordon 33 Boston Braves 8
Hank Sauer 32 Chicago Cubs 9
Eddie Waitkus 32 Philadelphia Phillies  
Duke Snider 31 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Carl Furillo 30 Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Earl Torgeson 30 Boston Braves  
Tommy Glaviano 29 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Dick Sisler 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Elliott 28 Boston Braves 16
Sam Jethroe 28 Boston Braves  
Willie Jones 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Whitey Lockman 28 New York Giants  
Granny Hamner 27 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Gil Hodges 26 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Enos Slaughter 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Richie Ashburn 25 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Eddie Stanky 25 New York Giants  
Johnny Hopp 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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.

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.