Doubles : 1979 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
 

1979 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Keith Hernandez 48 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Warren Cromartie 46 Montreal Expos 2
Dave Parker 45 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Ken Reitz 41 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Pete Rose 40 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Larry Parrish 39 Montreal Expos 6
Ray Knight 37 Cincinnati Reds 7
Joel Youngblood 37 New York Mets  
Bill Buckner 34 Chicago Cubs 9
Jerry Martin 34 Chicago Cubs  
Gary Matthews 34 Atlanta Braves  
Lee Mazzilli 34 New York Mets  
Jose Cruz 33 Houston Astros 13
Phil Garner 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Steve Garvey 32 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Garry Templeton 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Enos Cabell 30 Houston Astros 17
Dusty Baker 29 Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Tony Perez 29 Montreal Expos  
John Stearns 29 New York Mets  
Frank Taveras 29 Pittsburgh Pirates  
New York Mets  
Ellis Valentine 29 Montreal Expos  
Garry Maddox 28 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Steve Ontiveros 28 Chicago Cubs  
Cesar Cedeno 27 Houston Astros 25



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

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.

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.