Doubles Leaders Anomoly

Blessings on all those who lost loved ones five years ago.

Here is an anomoly: Through, yesterday's games, the number of doubles by leaders in that category form a perfect countdown. Here's what I mean:

50 Grady Sizemore, Cleveland
49 Luis Gonzalez, Arizona
48 Michael Young, Texas
47 Miguel Cabrera, Florida
46 Freddie Sanchez, Pittsburg
45 Garrett Atkins, Colorado
44 Nick Johnson, Washington
43 Scott Rolen, St. Louis
42 Lyle Overbay, Toronto

The pattern is broken at 41, where four players are bunched. It looks like a possible 4 to 7 players may get 50. (Of the 76 times 50 has been reached before this year, 26 have come since1995. This after it happened only 3 times during 32 years, 1954-1985!) Especially notable is Gonzalez, who has already set a career high in doubles, this after just turning 39 years old! He has now collected 342+ doubles since turning 30! However, his 57 HR in 2001 still sticks out suspiciously, having never reached half that total since.

By the way, the all-time record for most 50+ doubles hitters is 7, achieved in 1936. Most recently, 5 hit that many in 2000, equalling the number who did it in the years 1954-1992 combined!)