most doubles in a season by an al player during the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Hal McRae had the most doubles in the AL in a season, with 54 doubles in 1977.

	NAME	2B	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Hal McRae H. McRae	54	1977	KCR	162	641	104	191	11	21	92	59	13	43	18	14	720	330	86	2	5	5	12	.298	.366	.515	.881	118	34.1	.383	137	31.9
2	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	47	1975	BOS	145	528	103	175	7	21	105	62	3	90	10	5	605	299	75	6	6	10	11	.331	.401	.566	.967	114	48.1	.427	161	41.5
3	George Brett G. Brett	45	1978	KCR	128	510	79	150	8	9	62	39	1	35	23	7	558	238	62	3	5	6	6	.294	.342	.467	.809	77	16.8	.358	123	14.2
4	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	44	1979	MIL	150	590	83	182	1	24	106	56	0	77	15	3	660	300	69	6	8	10	14	.308	.364	.508	.872	105	28.3	.378	133	26.3
5	Chet Lemon C. Lemon	44	1979	CWS	148	556	79	177	2	17	86	56	13	68	7	11	632	276	63	3	4	6	15	.318	.391	.496	.887	108	33.8	.392	139	30.4
6	Buddy Bell B. Bell	42	1979	TEX	162	670	89	200	3	18	101	30	3	45	5	4	720	302	63	7	10	4	16	.299	.327	.451	.778	93	9.4	.341	108	7.2
7	George Brett G. Brett	42	1979	KCR	154	645	119	212	20	23	107	51	0	36	17	10	701	363	85	1	4	14	8	.329	.376	.563	.939	125	43.6	.402	145	38.9
8	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	42	1979	BOS	147	531	116	177	1	39	122	82	4	79	2	2	622	338	82	0	5	4	9	.333	.423	.637	1.059	138	65	.456	174	56.5
9	Ron Jackson R. Jackson	40	1979	MIN	159	583	85	158	5	14	68	51	9	59	3	1	653	250	59	6	4	5	14	.271	.337	.429	.766	84	8	.340	103	2.2
10	Amos Otis A. Otis	40	1976	KCR	153	592	93	165	2	18	86	55	5	100	26	7	665	263	60	5	8	7	13	.279	.341	.444	.785	90	20	.356	127	19.1
11	Jim Rice J. Rice	39	1979	BOS	158	619	117	201	6	39	130	57	4	97	9	4	688	369	84	0	8	4	16	.325	.381	.596	.977	133	53	.421	152	43.7
12	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	39	1978	BOS	157	571	94	162	5	20	88	71	7	83	7	2	658	271	64	3	6	6	10	.284	.366	.475	.841	100	28.6	.375	129	21.3
13	Hal McRae H. McRae	39	1978	KCR	156	623	90	170	5	16	72	51	6	62	17	8	692	267	60	1	11	6	15	.273	.329	.429	.757	85	10.1	.337	109	7
14	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	39	1977	NYY	146	525	93	150	2	32	110	74	3	129	17	3	606	289	73	0	4	4	3	.286	.375	.550	.925	108	37	.400	153	37.9
15	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	39	1975	OAK	157	593	91	150	3	36	104	67	3	133	17	8	669	303	78	0	6	5	10	.253	.329	.511	.840	100	26.5	.374	139	29.5
16	Joe Rudi J. Rudi	39	1974	OAK	158	593	73	174	4	22	99	34	5	92	2	3	639	287	65	2	5	6	10	.293	.334	.484	.818	92	23	.367	139	26.8
17	Bruce Bochte B. Bochte	38	1979	SEA	150	554	81	175	6	16	100	67	2	64	2	2	636	273	60	3	10	8	27	.316	.385	.493	.878	104	30	.384	132	25.1
18	Rod Carew R. Carew	38	1977	MIN	155	616	128	239	16	14	100	69	3	55	23	13	694	351	68	1	5	15	6	.388	.449	.570	1.019	145	64.4	.440	175	61.4
19	Chet Lemon C. Lemon	38	1977	CWS	150	553	99	151	4	19	67	52	11	88	8	7	627	254	61	4	7	1	7	.273	.343	.459	.803	88	15.1	.354	118	13.1
20	Chris Chambliss C. Chambliss	38	1975	NYY	150	562	66	171	4	9	72	29	1	50	0	1	602	244	51	4	6	9	19	.304	.336	.434	.770	76	10.1	.344	115	10.2
21	John Mayberry J. Mayberry	38	1975	KCR	156	554	95	161	1	34	106	119	4	73	5	3	683	303	73	1	5	16	8	.291	.416	.547	.963	129	54.1	.427	166	50.4
22	Hal McRae H. McRae	38	1975	KCR	126	480	58	147	6	5	71	47	4	47	11	8	547	212	49	6	10	7	18	.306	.366	.442	.808	77	16.7	.362	123	13.8
23	Douglas DeCinces D. DeCinces	37	1978	BAL	142	511	72	146	1	28	80	46	2	81	7	7	561	269	66	0	2	2	12	.286	.346	.526	.872	90	29.6	.388	149	30.7
24	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	37	1975	BAL	155	586	88	176	4	15	55	118	1	82	3	5	714	266	56	3	6	12	9	.300	.415	.454	.869	118	39.3	.394	152	41.7
25	Dan Ford D. Ford	36	1978	MIN	151	592	78	162	10	11	82	48	5	88	7	7	654	251	57	6	3	6	15	.274	.332	.424	.756	81	10.1	.338	109	6.4

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