New Team Doubles Record!

Bet you didn't know that the Texas Rangers set a new record with 376 doubles last year. They broke by 3 the old record set by the 1930 Cardinals and tied by the 1997 and 2004 Red Sox. So you could say the old record was 78 years old!

Here's the top 10 all-time team doubles totals (and the top individual totals on those teams):

1. 376 Texas Rangers, 2008 (I. Kinsler, 41; M. Young, 36; J. Hamilton, 35; M. Bradley, 32)
2. 373 St. Louis Cardinals, 1930 (F. Frisch, 46; T. Douthit, 41; C. Gelbert, 39; C. Hafey, 39; S. Adams, 36; J. Bottomley, 33; G. Watkins, 32)
2. 373 Boston Red Sox, 1997 (J. Valentin, 47; N. Garciaparra, 44; J. Frye, 36; D. Bragg, 35; R. Jefferson, 33; T. O'Leary, 32)
2. 373 Boston Red Sox, 2004 (D. Ortiz, 47; M. Ramirez, 44; M. Bellhorn, 37; K. Millar, 36; J. Damon, 35)
5. 371 Boston Red Sox, 2003 (B. Mueller, 45; D. Ortiz, 39; T. Walker, 38; N. Garciaparra, 37; M. Ramirez, 36; J. Varitek, 31)
6. 357 Cleveland Indians, 1936 (O. Hale, 50; H. Trosky, 45; E. Averill, 39; R. Hughes, 35; B. Knickerbocker, 35; B. Sullivan, 32)
6. 357 Toronto Blue Jays, 2003 (V. Wells, 49; E. Hinske, 45; C. Delgado, 38; F. Catalanotto, 34)
6. 357 Texas Rangers, 2006 (M. Young, 52; M. Teixeira, 45; M. DeRosa, 40)
9. 356 Cleveland Indians, 1930 (J. Hodapp, 51; E. Morgan, 47; D. Porter, 43; E. Averill, 33)
10.355 Cleveland Indians, 1921 (T. Speaker, 52; J. Sewell, 36; C. Jamieson, 33; L. Gardner, 32)

All of the top 61 come from either 1921-1939 or 1996-2008 (46 of the top 61 are from 1996 on). The first exception is the 1989 Red Sox, tied for 62nd with 326, followed by the 1986 Red Sox (tied for 91st with 320) and the 1993 Red Sox (tied for 99th with 319).

The individual leaders of the 2008 Rangers don't look all that impressive (the 1930 Indians' top 30 had 141, and the '06 Rangers, 137, compared to only 112 for the '08 Rangers' top 3)--it's apparently the "depth" of doubles strength on down the line that made the difference for last year's Texas team.