Doubles : 2008 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2008 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lance Berkman 46 Houston Astros 1
Nate McLouth 46 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Corey Hart 45 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Stephen Drew 44 Arizona Diamondbacks 4
Albert Pujols 44 St. Louis Cardinals  
Aramis Ramirez 44 Chicago Cubs  
Brian McCann 42 Atlanta Braves 7
David Wright 42 New York Mets  
Chris Young 42 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Jorge Cantu 41 Florida Marlins 10
Derrek Lee 41 Chicago Cubs  
Chase Utley 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Carlos Beltran 40 New York Mets 13
Brian Giles 40 San Diego Padres  
Ryan Ludwick 40 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ryan Braun 39 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Kelly Johnson 39 Atlanta Braves  
Andre Ethier 38 Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Matt Holliday 38 Colorado Rockies  
Matt Kemp 38 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jimmy Rollins 38 Philadelphia Phillies  
Miguel Tejada 38 Houston Astros  
Randy Winn 38 San Francisco Giants  
Jose Reyes 37 New York Mets 24
Aaron Rowand 37 San Francisco Giants  



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 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).