Doubles : 1974 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1974 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pete Rose 45 Cincinnati Reds 1
Johnny Bench 38 Cincinnati Reds 2
Al Oliver 38 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willie Stargell 37 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Dusty Baker 35 Atlanta Braves 5
Jose Cardenal 35 Chicago Cubs  
Willie Montanez 33 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Ted Simmons 33 St. Louis Cardinals  
Steve Garvey 32 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Garry Maddox 31 San Francisco Giants 10
Joe Morgan 31 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Buckner 30 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Richie Zisk 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cesar Cedeno 29 Houston Astros 14
Rennie Stennett 29 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tony Perez 28 Cincinnati Reds 16
Ken Reitz 28 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike Schmidt 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Torre 28 St. Louis Cardinals  
Willie Davis 27 Montreal Expos 20
Gary Matthews 27 San Francisco Giants  
Doug Rader 27 Houston Astros  
Dave Cash 26 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Davey Lopes 26 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Lee May 26 Houston Astros  



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).

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.

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