Doubles : 1952 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1952 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 42 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Red Schoendienst 40 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Roy McMillan 32 Cincinnati Reds 3
Richie Ashburn 31 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Hank Sauer 31 Chicago Cubs  
Del Ennis 30 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Granny Hamner 30 Philadelphia Phillies  
Al Dark 29 New York Giants 8
Bobby Thomson 29 New York Giants  
Eddie Waitkus 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Solly Hemus 28 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Smoky Burgess 27 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Gil Hodges 27 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Willard Marshall 27 Boston Braves  
Cincinnati Reds  
Del Rice 27 St. Louis Cardinals  
Davey Williams 26 New York Giants 16
Bobby Adams 25 Cincinnati Reds 17
Duke Snider 25 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ted Kluszewski 24 Cincinnati Reds 19
Connie Ryan 24 Philadelphia Phillies  
Sam Jethroe 23 Boston Braves 21
Eddie Mathews 23 Boston Braves  
Joe Adcock 22 Cincinnati Reds 23
Sid Gordon 22 Boston Braves  
Gus Bell 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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).

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.