Doubles : 1890 Players 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1890 Doubles Leaders

Top 25 in the Players League

Pete Browning 40 Cleveland Infants 1
Jake Beckley 38 Pittsburgh Burghers 2
Jim O'Rourke 37 New York Giants 3
Dan Brouthers 36 Boston Red Stockings 4
Hugh Duffy 36 Chicago Pirates  
Henry Larkin 32 Cleveland Infants 6
Dave Orr 32 Brooklyn Wonders  
Jimmy Ryan 32 Chicago Pirates  
Lou Bierbauer 31 Brooklyn Wonders 9
Mike Griffin 29 Philadelphia Quakers 10
Sam Wise 29 Buffalo Bisons  
Billy Nash 28 Boston Red Stockings 12
Ed Delahanty 26 Cleveland Infants 13
George Gore 26 New York Giants  
Joe Mulvey 26 Philadelphia Quakers  
Hardy Richardson 26 Boston Red Stockings  
Patsy Tebeau 26 Cleveland Infants  
Harry Stovey 25 Boston Red Stockings 18
Roger Connor 24 New York Giants 19
Jack McGeachy 24 Brooklyn Wonders  
Paul Radford 24 Cleveland Infants  
Tom Brown 23 Boston Red Stockings 22
Ed Beecher 22 Buffalo Bisons 23
Jack Rowe 22 Buffalo Bisons  
Duke Farrell 21 Chicago Pirates 25



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?

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.

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