Stolen Bases : 1933 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1933 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ben Chapman 27 New York Yankees 1
Gee Walker 26 Detroit Tigers 2
Evar Swanson 19 Chicago White Sox 3
Joe Kuhel 17 Washington Senators 4
Tony Lazzeri 15 New York Yankees 5
Bill Werber 15 New York Yankees  
Boston Red Sox  
Roy Johnson 13 Boston Red Sox 7
Ski Melillo 12 St. Louis Browns 8
Jack Burns 11 St. Louis Browns 9
Bruce Campbell 10 St. Louis Browns 10
Fred Schulte 10 Washington Senators  
Sam West 10 St. Louis Browns  
Pete Fox 9 Detroit Tigers 13
Lou Gehrig 9 New York Yankees  
Mickey Cochrane 8 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Bob Johnson 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Dusty Cooke 7 Boston Red Sox 17
Art Scharein 7 St. Louis Browns  
Luke Sewell 7 Washington Senators  
Luke Appling 6 Chicago White Sox 20
Ossie Bluege 6 Washington Senators  
Bill Cissell 6 Cleveland Indians  
Earle Combs 6 New York Yankees  
Hank Greenberg 6 Detroit Tigers  
Willie Kamm 6 Cleveland Indians  



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).