[Garlon]

Well the top of the list you have teams apparently with over 140. We really need double plays and double play opportunities to evaluate this better. For example, consider all those errors by those players out of position. They just gave themselves a bunch more opportunities to turn a double play by allowing more players to reach base.

The 1906 Cubs turned 100 double plays and the Boston Beaneaters turned 102 double plays. The Cubs had the best Defensive Efficiency in baseball with .735 and the Beaneaters had the worst with 0.669. The Cubs had an estimated groundout rate of 54% while the Beaneaters had about 58%. The Beaneaters also struck out 140 fewer batters than the Cubs. When you account for these things the Beaneaters turned about 4 more double plays than expected, while the Cubs turned 23 more double plays than expected for the season. That puts the Cubs at 30% more double plays turned than expected and the Beaneaters at 4% more turned than expected for the season despite the fact that the Cubs turned 2 fewer double plays than the Beaneaters.