Doubles : 1965 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1965 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hank Aaron 40 Milwaukee Braves 1
Billy Williams 39 Chicago Cubs 2
Lou Brock 35 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Pete Rose 35 Cincinnati Reds  
Vada Pinson 34 Cincinnati Reds 5
Frank Robinson 33 Cincinnati Reds 6
Donn Clendenon 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dick Allen 31 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Curt Flood 30 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Jim Ray Hart 30 San Francisco Giants  
Deron Johnson 30 Cincinnati Reds  
Ron Santo 30 Chicago Cubs  
Jimmy Wynn 30 Houston Astros  
Felipe Alou 29 Milwaukee Braves 14
Bob Bailey 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Ron Fairly 28 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Tommy Harper 28 Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Bolling 26 Milwaukee Braves 18
Dick Groat 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill White 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ernie Banks 25 Chicago Cubs 21
Johnny Callison 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Leo Cardenas 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Cookie Rojas 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Willie Stargell 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.

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

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.