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The top 100 leaders in double plays in major league history. Only twenty-one of the 100 (Eddie Collins, Stuffy McInnis, Jake Daubert, Rabbit Maranville, George Sisler, Joe Judge, Charlie Grimm, Lu Blue, Jim Bottomley, Bill Terry, Lou Gehrig, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, Joe Kuhel, Luke Appling, Dolph Camilli, Frank McCormick, Johnny Mize, George McQuinn, Bobby Doerr, and Mickey Vernon) had ...
Double plays can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and fewer than two outs. [ 1 ] Most of the career leaders are relatively recent players who have benefitted from improved infield defense, with equipment of better quality; 10 of the top 13 players made their major league debut after 1970.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the double play is defined in the Official Rules in the Definitions of Terms, and for the official scorer in Rule 9.11. [1] During the 2023 Major League Baseball season, teams completed an average 132 double plays per 162 games played during the regular season. [2]
Lajoie's 1901 through Speaker's 1912 records are listed because some baseball historians and publications disregard any record set prior to the "Modern Era" which started in 1901. Multiple seasons with 50 doubles
Players included in these rankings must be entering their age-26 seasons or younger, defined by Baseball-Reference as a player’s age on June 30, approximately halfway through the regular season.
A batter may also be credited with a ground-rule double when a fair ball, after touching the ground, bounds into the stands or becomes lodged in a fence or scoreboard. [ 2 ] Hall of Fame center fielder Tris Speaker [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] holds the Major League Baseball career doubles record with 792. [ 6 ]
Major League Baseball had a night of offense not seen in 129 years, with 12 teams scoring double-digit runs. Twelve teams tied May 30, 1884, for the second-most with double-digit runs in one day ...
Baseball-Reference uses six components to calculate WAR for position players: batting runs (Rbat), baserunning runs (Rbaser), runs added or lost due to grounding into double plays in double play situations (Rdp), fielding runs (Rfield), positional adjustment runs (Rpos), and replacement level runs (Rrep). The first five factors are compared to ...