League Leaders Who Led?

MLB Single-Season First Base Double Plays Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

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The MLB single-season first base double plays record is 194, set by Ferris Fain in 1949. It has stood for 77 years. The mark has been raised 19 times since 1871.

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Record Holders

20 marks since 1871
Year Player 1B DP Stood for
1949 Ferris Fain Ferris Fain 194 still standing
1944 Rudy York Rudy York 163 5 years
1938 Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig 157 6 years
1935 Joe Kuhel Joe Kuhel 150 3 years
1927 Jim Bottomley Jim Bottomley 149 8 years
1926 George Sisler George Sisler 141 1 year
1924 Charlie Grimm Charlie Grimm 139 2 years
1923 Stuffy McInnis Stuffy McInnis 136 1 year
1921 George Kelly George Kelly 132 2 years
1898 Bill Everitt 123 23 years
1892 Charlie Comiskey Charlie Comiskey 103 6 years
1891 Mike Lehane Mike Lehane 98 1 year
1889 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin 88 2 years
1884 Cap Anson Cap Anson 86 5 years
1883 Martin Powell 62 1 year
1882 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips 55 1 year
1879 Oscar Walker 52 3 years
1874 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke 40 5 years
1872 Charlie Gould Charlie Gould 33 2 years
1871 Charlie Gould Charlie Gould 21 1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

164 seasons
Year Leader 1B DP
2025 Nolan Schanuel 120
2024 Paul Goldschmidt 137
2023 Dominic Smith 134
2022 Nathaniel Lowe 125
2021 Nathaniel Lowe 119
2020 Freddie Freeman 44
2020 Carlos Santana 44
2019 Paul Goldschmidt 145
2018 Paul Goldschmidt 131
2017 Wil Myers 147
2016 Wil Myers 139
2015 Paul Goldschmidt 129
2014 Freddie Freeman 130
2013 Chris Davis 153
2012 Adrian Gonzalez 134
2011 Albert Pujols 134
2010 Lyle Overbay 150
2009 Albert Pujols 150
2008 Justin Morneau 149
2007 Adam LaRoche 154
2006 Mark Teixeira 158
2005 Albert Pujols 175
2004 Paul Konerko 136
2004 Albert Pujols 136
2003 Todd Helton 149
2002 Todd Helton 138
2002 Derrek Lee 138
2001 Carlos Delgado 166
2000 Carlos Delgado 157
1999 Todd Helton 152
1998 Todd Helton 156
1997 Andres Galarraga 176
1996 Rafael Palmeiro 157
1995 Andres Galarraga 129
1994 Mo Vaughn 103
1993 Mark Grace 134
1992 Wally Joyner 138
1991 Don Mattingly 135
1990 Cecil Fielder 137
1989 Fred McGriff 148
1988 Wally Joyner 148
1987 Eddie Murray 146
1986 Bob Horner 138
1985 Eddie Murray 154
1985 Don Mattingly 154
1984 Eddie Murray 152
1983 Keith Hernandez 147
1982 Cecil Cooper 156
1981 Cecil Cooper 111
1980 Cecil Cooper 160
1979 Ron Jackson 175
1978 Jason Thompson 153
1977 Rod Carew 161
1976 Rod Carew 149
1975 Lee May 138
1974 Joe Torre 144
1973 John Mayberry 156
1972 John Mayberry 141
1971 Nate Colbert 125
1970 Lee May 143
1969 Tony Horton 130
1968 Donn Clendenon 134
1967 Donn Clendenon 122
1966 Donn Clendenon 182
1965 Donn Clendenon 161
1964 Joe Pepitone 128
1963 Donn Clendenon 154
1962 Tito Francona 157
1961 Bill Skowron 146
1960 Vic Power 145
1959 Frank Robinson 111
1958 Gil Hodges 134
1957 Stan Musial 131
1956 Bill Skowron 138
1955 Ted Kluszewski 153
1954 Ted Kluszewski 166
1953 Mickey Vernon 158
1952 Whitey Lockman 155
1951 Gil Hodges 171
1950 Ferris Fain 192
1949 Ferris Fain 194 new record
1948 Tony Lupien 155
1947 Jake Jones 159
1946 Rudy York 154
1945 Nick Etten 149
1944 Rudy York 163 new record
1943 Tony Lupien 149
1942 Les Fleming 152
1941 Frank McCormick 130
1940 George McQuinn 157
1939 Frank McCormick 153
1938 Lou Gehrig 157 new record
1937 Joe Kuhel 141
1936 Zeke Bonura 150
1935 Joe Kuhel 150 new record
1934 Hal Trosky 145
1933 Don Hurst 132
1932 Jack Burns 130
1931 Harvey Hendrick 147
1930 Gus Suhr 142
1930 Del Bissonette 142
1929 Bill Terry 146
1928 Bill Terry 148
1927 Jim Bottomley 149 new record
1926 George Sisler 141 new record
1925 Earl Sheely 136
1924 Charlie Grimm 139 new record
1923 Walter Holke 136
1923 Stuffy McInnis 136 new record
1922 Joe Judge 131
1921 George Kelly 132 new record
1920 George Kelly 115
1919 Walter Holke 86
1918 George Burns 109
1917 Walter Holke 104
1916 Ed Konetchy 96
1915 Fritz Mollwitz 107
1914 Charles Schmidt 109
1913 Jake Daubert 91
1912 Dots Miller 93
1911 Jake Daubert 91
1910 Fred Merkle 87
1909 George Stovall 80
1909 Dick Hoblitzell 80
1908 Tom Jones 79
1908 George Stovall 79
1907 George Stovall 90
1906 Joe Nealon 90
1905 John Barry 87
1904 Kitty Bransfield 70
1903 Kitty Bransfield 82
1902 Frank Isbell 97
1901 John Anderson 81
1900 Jack Doyle 92
1899 Fred Tenney 107
1898 Bill Everitt 123 new record
1897 George LaChance 76
1896 Patsy Tebeau 88
1895 Cap Anson 82
1894 Roger Connor 84
1893 Tommy Tucker 89
1892 Charlie Comiskey 103 new record
1891 Mike Lehane 98 new record
1890 Mike Lehane 80
1889 Henry Larkin 88 new record
1888 Cap Anson 85
1887 John Reilly 84
1886 John Reilly 80
1885 Roger Connor 66
1884 Cap Anson 86 new record
1883 Martin Powell 62 new record
1882 Bill Phillips 55 new record
1881 Roger Connor 51
1881 Bill Phillips 51
1880 Bill Phillips 37
1879 Oscar Walker 52 new record
1878 John Morrill 36
1877 Jumbo Latham 28
1876 Tim Murnane 30
1875 Everett Mills 40
1874 Jim O'Rourke 40 new record
1873 Herman Dehlman 25
1872 Charlie Gould 33 new record
1871 Charlie Gould 21 new record