Doubles : 1951 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1951 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Al Dark 41 New York Giants 1
Ted Kluszewski 35 Cincinnati Reds 2
Roy Campanella 33 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Jackie Robinson 33 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Carl Furillo 32 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Red Schoendienst 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Richie Ashburn 31 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Ralph Kiner 31 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Wyrostek 31 Cincinnati Reds  
Stan Musial 30 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Bob Elliott 29 Boston Braves 11
Sam Jethroe 29 Boston Braves  
Frank Baumholtz 28 Chicago Cubs 13
Sid Gordon 28 Boston Braves  
Willie Jones 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Bell 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Whitey Lockman 27 New York Giants  
Bobby Thomson 27 New York Giants  
Eddie Waitkus 27 Philadelphia Phillies  
Duke Snider 26 Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Billy Cox 25 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Gil Hodges 25 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Randy Jackson 24 Chicago Cubs 23
Willard Marshall 24 Boston Braves  
Granny Hamner 23 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.