“It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish!”
~ ancient wisdom
As the Astros Hit Bakery continues to souffle their win and hit totals through the early 2017 season, returning hero Carlos Beltran also continues to egg on up his career ladder for doubles, as well.
On the heels of the just completed club win tear through the Bronx and South Beach, Carlos comes home now with 545 career doubles, good enough for 31st place on the Top 40 Contender list – and placing Beltran 1 double ahead of Derek Jeter in 32nd place – and only 2 doubles behind Manny Ramirez for the # 30 spot. As you examine the other “nearbys”, you will find that Beltran has a number of famous retired names just ahead of him that he should catch on the list of “further ups” this season, if providence and fate allow him to play the full season at his current rate.
Look high enough on the list, of course, and the #5 man on the all times MLB doubles list needs no further introduction or explanation.
| Doubles All Time Leaders‘Top 40 Leaders’Courtesy Baseball Almanac.com |
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| Name | Doubles | Rank |
| Tris Speaker | 792 | 1 |
| Pete Rose | 746 | 2 |
| Stan Musial | 725 | 3 |
| Ty Cobb | 724 | 4 |
| Craig Biggio | 668 | 5 |
| George Brett | 665 | 6 |
| Nap Lajoie | 657 | 7 |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 646 | 8 |
| Honus Wagner | 640 | 9 |
| David Ortiz | 632 | 10 |
| Hank Aaron | 624 | 11 |
| Albert Pujols | 607 | 12 |
| Paul Molitor | 605 | 13 |
| Paul Waner | 605 | |
| Cal Ripken, Jr. | 603 | 15 |
| Barry Bonds | 601 | 16 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 596 | 17 |
| Todd Helton | 592 | 18 |
| Adrian Beltre | 591 | 19 |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 585 | 20 |
| Robin Yount | 583 | 21 |
| Wade Boggs | 578 | 22 |
| Bobby Abreu | 574 | 23 |
| Charlie Gehringer | 574 | |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 572 | 25 |
| Jeff Kent | 560 | 26 |
| Eddie Murray | 560 | |
| Chipper Jones | 549 | 28 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 548 | 29 |
| Manny Ramirez | 547 | 30 |
| Carlos Beltran | 545 | 31 |
| Derek Jeter | 544 | 32 |
| Tony Gwynn | 543 | 33 |
| Harry Heilmann | 542 | 34 |
| Rogers Hornsby | 541 | 35 |
| Joe Medwick | 540 | 36 |
| Dave Winfield | 540 | |
| Al Simmons | 539 | 38 |
| Lou Gehrig | 534 | 39 |
| Al Oliver | 529 | 40 |
Go Get the Tribe tonight, Astros! We need to keep the good times rolling, especially, now that the Rangers have figured out they are going to have to win a lot games this year too. A 9th win in a row for the Rangers last night has allowed them to move from last to 2nd place in the AL West – where they now “rest” only 7.5 games back of the fiery Astros going into today’s Friday action.
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Bill McCurdy
Publisher, Editor, Writer
The Pecan Park Eagle
The Pecan Park Eagle 
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