Stolen Bases : 1908 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1908 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Patsy Dougherty 47 Chicago White Sox 1
Charlie Hemphill 42 New York Highlanders 2
Germany Schaefer 40 Detroit Tigers 3
Ty Cobb 39 Detroit Tigers 4
Josh Clarke 37 Cleveland Naps 5
Neal Ball 32 New York Highlanders 6
Amby McConnell 31 Boston Red Sox 7
Bob Ganley 30 Washington Senators 8
Jake Stahl 30 New York Highlanders  
Boston Red Sox  
Clyde Milan 29 Washington Senators 10
Hal Chase 27 New York Highlanders 11
Fielder Jones 26 Chicago White Sox 12
Roy Hartzell 24 St. Louis Browns 13
Wid Conroy 23 New York Highlanders 14
Harry Lord 23 Boston Red Sox  
George Davis 22 Chicago White Sox 16
George Moriarty 22 New York Highlanders  
John Anderson 21 Chicago White Sox 18
Harry Niles 21 New York Highlanders  
Boston Red Sox  
Harry Davis 20 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Matty McIntyre 20 Detroit Tigers  
George Stone 20 St. Louis Browns  
Heinie Wagner 20 Boston Red Sox  
Otis Clymer 19 Washington Senators 24
Doc Gessler 19 Boston Red Sox  



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.