Doubles : 1966 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1966 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Callison 40 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Pete Rose 38 Cincinnati Reds 2
Vada Pinson 35 Cincinnati Reds 3
Felipe Alou 32 Atlanta Braves 4
Roberto Clemente 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Willie Davis 31 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Willie Stargell 30 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Willie Mays 29 San Francisco Giants 8
Adolfo Phillips 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chicago Cubs  
Gene Alley 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Ken Boyer 28 New York Mets  
Rusty Staub 28 Houston Astros  
Orlando Cepeda 26 San Francisco Giants 13
St. Louis Cardinals  
Willie McCovey 26 San Francisco Giants  
Dick Allen 25 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Leo Cardenas 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Rico Carty 25 Atlanta Braves  
Deron Johnson 25 Cincinnati Reds  
John Bateman 24 Houston Astros 19
Lou Brock 24 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hank Aaron 23 Atlanta Braves 21
Ernie Banks 23 Chicago Cubs  
Glenn Beckert 23 Chicago Cubs  
Chuck Harrison 23 Houston Astros  
Jim Ray Hart 23 San Francisco Giants  



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

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).