List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders

In baseball, a double is recorded when the ball is hit so that the batter is able to advance to second base without an error by a defensive player. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the leader in each league (American League and National League) are recognized for their achievement.

Ross Barnes was one of three players to lead the National League in doubles in its inaugural year of 1876, doing so with 21. He had also led the National Association twice during its inception, thereby making him the first player to lead two different leagues in doubles

The most doubles hit in one season is 67, as done by Earl Webb in 1931. Two players share the record for most times leading a league in doubles - Tris Speaker (AL) and Stan Musial (NL) each led their leagues eight times.

American League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Doubles
1901	Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Athletics	48
1902	Harry Davis   Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Athletics Washington Senators	43
1903	Socks Seybold	Philadelphia Athletics	45
1904	Nap Lajoie	Cleveland Naps	47
1905	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	47
1906	Nap Lajoie	Cleveland Naps	48
1907	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	35
1908	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	36
1909	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	35
1910	Nap Lajoie	Cleveland Naps	51
1911	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	47
1912	Tris Speaker	Boston Red Sox	53
1913	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	39
1914	Tris Speaker	Boston Red Sox	46
1915	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	40
1916	Jack Graney   Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	41
1917	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	44
1918	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	33
1919	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	45
1920	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	50
1921	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	52
1922	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	48
1923	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	59
1924	Harry Heilmann   Joe Sewell	Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians	45
1925	Marty McManus	St. Louis Browns	33
1926	George Burns	Cleveland Indians	64
1927	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	52
1928	Lou Gehrig   Heinie Manush	New York Yankees St. Louis Browns	47
1929	Charlie Gehringer   Roy Johnson   Heinie Manush	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers St. Louis Browns	45
1930	Johnny Hodapp	Cleveland Indians	49
1931	Earl Webb	Boston Red Sox	67
1932	Eric McNair	Philadelphia Athletics	47
1933	Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	45
1934	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	63
1935	Joe Vosmik	Cleveland Indians	47
1936	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	60
1937	Beau Bell	St. Louis Browns	51
1938	Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	51
1939	Red Rolfe	New York Yankees	46
1940	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	50
1941	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	45
1942	Don Kolloway	Chicago White Sox	40
1943	Dick Wakefield	Detroit Tigers	38
1944	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	45
1945	Wally Moses	Chicago White Sox	35
1946	Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	44
1947	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	45
1948	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	44
1949	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	39
1950	George Kell	Detroit Tigers	56
1951	George Kell   Sam Mele   Eddie Yost	Detroit Tigers Washington Senators Washington Senators	36
1952	Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	43
1953	Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	43
1954	Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	33
1955	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	38
1956	Jimmy Piersall	Boston Red Sox	40
1957	Billy Gardner   Minnie Miñoso	Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox	36
1958	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	39
1959	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	42
1960	Tito Francona	Cleveland Indians	36
1961	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	41
1962	Floyd Robinson	Chicago White Sox	45
1963	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	40
1964	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	43
1965	Zoilo Versalles   Carl Yastrzemski	Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox	45
1966	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	39
1967	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	34
1968	Reggie Smith	Boston Red Sox	37
1969	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	39
1970	Tony Oliva   Amos Otis   César Tovar	Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins	36
1971	Reggie Smith	Boston Red Sox	33
1972	Lou Piniella	Kansas City Royals	33
1973	Sal Bando   Pedro Garcia	Oakland Athletics Milwaukee Brewers	32
1974	Joe Rudi	Oakland Athletics	39
1975	Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox	47
1976	Amos Otis	Kansas City Royals	40
1977	Hal McRae	Kansas City Royals	54
1978	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	45
1979	Cecil Cooper   Chet Lemon	Milwaukee Brewers Chicago White Sox	44
1980	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	49
1981	Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers	35
1982	Hal McRae   Robin Yount	Kansas City Royals Milwaukee Brewers	46
1983	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	47
1984	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	44
1985	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	48
1986	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	53
1987	Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	41
1988	Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox	45
1989	Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox	51
1990	George Brett   Jody Reed	Kansas City Royals Boston Red Sox	45
1991	Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers	49
1992	Edgar Martínez   Frank Thomas	Seattle Mariners Chicago White Sox	46
1993	John Olerud	Toronto Blue Jays	54
1994	Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	45
1995	Albert Belle   Edgar Martínez	Cleveland Indians Seattle Mariners	52
1996	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	54
1997	John Valentin	Boston Red Sox	47
1998	Juan González	Texas Rangers	50
1999	Shawn Green	Toronto Blue Jays	45
2000	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	57
2001	Jason Giambi	Oakland Athletics	47
2002	Garret Anderson   Nomar Garciaparra	Anaheim Angels Boston Red Sox	56
2003	Garret Anderson   Vernon Wells	Anaheim Angels Toronto Blue Jays	49
2004	Brian Roberts	Baltimore Orioles	50
2005	Miguel Tejada	Baltimore Orioles	50
2006	Grady Sizemore	Cleveland Indians	53
2007	Magglio Ordóñez	Detroit Tigers	54
2008	Dustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	54
2009	Brian Roberts	Baltimore Orioles	56
2010	Adrián Beltré	Boston Red Sox	49
2011	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	48
2012	Alex Gordon	Kansas City Royals	51
2013	Manny Machado	Baltimore Orioles	51
2014	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	52
2015	Michael Brantley	Cleveland Indians	45
2016	David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	48
2017	José Ramírez	Cleveland Indians	56
2018	Alex Bregman	Houston Astros	51
2019	Rafael Devers	Boston Red Sox	54
2020	César Hernández	Cleveland Indians	20
2021	Jeimer Candelario   J. D. Martinez   Whit Merrifield	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox Kansas City Royals	42
2022	José Ramírez	Cleveland Guardians	44
2023	Corey Seager	Texas Rangers	42

National League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Doubles
1876	Ross Barnes   Dick Higham   Paul Hines	Chicago White Stockings Hartford Dark Blues Chicago White Stockings	21
1877	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	19
1878	Dick Higham	Providence Grays	22
1879	Charlie Eden	Cleveland Blues	31
1880	Fred Dunlap	Cleveland Blues	27
1881	Paul Hines   King Kelly	Providence Grays Chicago White Stockings	27
1882	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	37
1883	Ned Williamson	Chicago White Stockings	49
1884	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	36
1885	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	35
1886	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	40
1887	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	36
1888	Dan Brouthers   Jimmy Ryan	Detroit Wolverines Chicago White Stockings	33
1889	King Kelly	Boston Beaneaters	41
1890	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	41
1891	Mike Griffin	Brooklyn Grooms	36
1892	Roger Connor	Philadelphia Phillies	37
1893	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	37
1894	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	51
1895	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	49
1896	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	44
1897	Jake Stenzel	Baltimore Orioles	43
1898	Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Phillies	43
1899	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	55
1900	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	45
1901	Tom Daly   Ed Delahanty	Brooklyn Superbas Philadelphia Phillies	38
1902	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	30
1903	Fred Clarke   Sam Mertes   Harry Steinfeldt	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants Cincinnati Reds	32
1904	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	44
1905	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	40
1906	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	38
1907	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	38
1908	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	39
1909	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	39
1910	Bobby Byrne	Pittsburgh Pirates	43
1911	Ed Konetchy	St. Louis Cardinals	38
1912	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	41
1913	Red Smith	Brooklyn Superbas	40
1914	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	39
1915	Larry Doyle	New York Giants	40
1916	Bert Niehoff	Philadelphia Phillies	42
1917	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds	39
1918	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds	28
1919	Ross Youngs	New York Giants	31
1920	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	44
1921	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	44
1922	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	46
1923	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	41
1924	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	43
1925	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	44
1926	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	40
1927	Riggs Stephenson	Chicago Cubs	46
1928	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	50
1929	Johnny Frederick	Brooklyn Robins	52
1930	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	59
1931	Sparky Adams	St. Louis Cardinals	46
1932	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	62
1933	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	44
1934	Ethan Allen   Kiki Cuyler	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	42
1935	Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	57
1936	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	64
1937	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	56
1938	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	47
1939	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	52
1940	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	44
1941	Johnny Mize   Pete Reiser	St. Louis Cardinals Brooklyn Dodgers	39
1942	Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	38
1943	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	48
1944	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	51
1945	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	47
1946	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	50
1947	Eddie Miller	Cincinnati Reds	38
1948	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	46
1949	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	41
1950	Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	43
1951	Alvin Dark	New York Giants	41
1952	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	42
1953	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	53
1954	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	41
1955	Hank Aaron   Johnny Logan	Milwaukee Braves	37
1956	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	34
1957	Don Hoak	Cincinnati Reds	39
1958	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	38
1959	Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	47
1960	Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	37
1961	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	39
1962	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	51
1963	Dick Groat	St. Louis Cardinals	43
1964	Lee Maye	Milwaukee Braves	44
1965	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	40
1966	Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	40
1967	Rusty Staub	Houston Astros	44
1968	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	46
1969	Matty Alou	Pittsburgh Pirates	41
1970	Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers	47
1971	César Cedeño	Houston Astros	40
1972	César Cedeño   Willie Montañez	Houston Astros Philadelphia Phillies	39
1973	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	43
1974	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	45
1975	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	47
1976	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	42
1977	Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	44
1978	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	51
1979	Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	48
1980	Pete Rose	Philadelphia Phillies	42
1981	Bill Buckner	Chicago Cubs	35
1982	Al Oliver	Montreal Expos	43
1983	Bill Buckner   Al Oliver   Johnny Ray	Chicago Cubs Montreal Expos Pittsburgh Pirates	38
1984	Tim Raines   Johnny Ray	Montreal Expos Pittsburgh Pirates	38
1985	Dave Parker	Cincinnati Reds	42
1986	Von Hayes	Philadelphia Phillies	46
1987	Tim Wallach	Montreal Expos	42
1988	Andrés Galarraga	Montreal Expos	42
1989	Pedro Guerrero   Tim Wallach	St. Louis Cardinals Montreal Expos	42
1990	Gregg Jefferies	New York Mets	40
1991	Bobby Bonilla	Pittsburgh Pirates	44
1992	Andy Van Slyke	Pittsburgh Pirates	45
1993	Charlie Hayes	Colorado Rockies	45
1994	Craig Biggio   Larry Walker	Houston Astros Montreal Expos	43
1995	Mark Grace	Chicago Cubs	51
1996	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	48
1997	Mark Grudzielanek	Montreal Expos	54
1998	Craig Biggio	Houston Astros	51
1999	Craig Biggio	Houston Astros	56
2000	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	59
2001	Lance Berkman	Houston Astros	55
2002	Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia Phillies	50
2003	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	51
2004	Lyle Overbay	Milwaukee Brewers	53
2005	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	50
2006	Freddy Sanchez	Pittsburgh Pirates	53
2007	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	50
2008	Lance Berkman   Nate McLouth	Houston Astros Pittsburgh Pirates	46
2009	Miguel Tejada	Houston Astros	46
2010	Jayson Werth	Philadelphia Phillies	46
2011	Joey Votto	Cincinnati Reds	40
2012	Aramis Ramírez	Milwaukee Brewers	50
2013	Matt Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	55
2014	Jonathan Lucroy	Milwaukee Brewers	53
2015	Matt Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	44
2016	Daniel Murphy	Washington Nationals	47
2017	Nolan Arenado   Daniel Murphy	Colorado Rockies Washington Nationals	43
2018	Freddie Freeman   Anthony Rendon	Atlanta Braves Washington Nationals	44
2019	Anthony Rendon   Corey Seager	Washington Nationals Los Angeles Dodgers	44
2020	Freddie Freeman	Atlanta Braves	23
2021	Bryce Harper	Philadelphia Phillies	42
2022	Freddie Freeman	Los Angeles Dodgers	47
2023	Freddie Freeman	Los Angeles Dodgers	59

American Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Doubles
1882	Mike Mansell   Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	18
1883	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	31
1884	Sam Barkley	Toledo Blue Stockings	39
1885	Henry Larkin	Philadelphia Athletics	37
1886	Henry Larkin	Philadelphia Athletics	36
1887	Tip O'Neill	St. Louis Browns	52
1888	Hub Collins	Louisville Colonels Brooklyn Bridegrooms	31
1889	Curt Welch	Philadelphia Athletics	39
1890	Cupid Childs	Syracuse Stars	33
1891	Jocko Milligan	Philadelphia Athletics	35

Federal League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Doubles
1914	Benny Kauff	Indianapolis Hoosiers	44
1915	Steve Evans	Brooklyn Tip-Tops Baltimore Terrapins	34

Player's League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Doubles
1890	Pete Browning	Cleveland Infants	40

Union Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Doubles
1884	Orator Shafer	St. Louis Maroons	40

National Association

 

Lip Pike

Year	Player	Team(s)	Doubles
1871	Cap Anson	Rockford Forest Citys	11
1872	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	28
1873	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	29
1874	Lip Pike	Hartford Dark Blues	22
1875	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	36

Notes and references

• Baseball-Reference.com