Stolen Bases : 1919 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1919 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Collins 33 Chicago White Sox 1
Ty Cobb 28 Detroit Tigers 2
George Sisler 28 St. Louis Browns  
Sam Rice 26 Washington Senators 4
Harry Hooper 23 Boston Red Sox 5
Joe Judge 23 Washington Senators  
Donie Bush 22 Detroit Tigers 7
Del Pratt 22 New York Yankees  
Buck Weaver 22 Chicago White Sox  
Doc Johnston 21 Cleveland Indians 10
Eddie Foster 20 Washington Senators 11
Braggo Roth 20 Philadelphia Athletics  
Boston Red Sox  
Happy Felsch 19 Chicago White Sox 13
Swede Risberg 19 Chicago White Sox  
Bobby Veach 19 Detroit Tigers  
Ray Chapman 18 Cleveland Indians 16
Bill Wambsganss 18 Cleveland Indians  
Nemo Leibold 17 Chicago White Sox 18
Merlin Kopp 16 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Ping Bodie 15 New York Yankees 20
George Burns 15 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Schang 15 Boston Red Sox  
Elmer Smith 15 Cleveland Indians  
Tris Speaker 15 Cleveland Indians  
Frank Baker 13 New York Yankees 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?