Stolen Bases : 1936 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1936 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lyn Lary 37 St. Louis Browns 1
Jake Powell 26 Washington Senators 2
New York Yankees  
Bill Werber 23 Boston Red Sox 3
Ben Chapman 20 New York Yankees 4
Washington Senators  
Roy Hughes 20 Cleveland Indians  
Frankie Crosetti 18 New York Yankees 6
Gee Walker 17 Detroit Tigers 7
Joe Kuhel 15 Washington Senators 8
Tony Piet 15 Chicago White Sox  
Goose Goslin 14 Detroit Tigers 10
Billy Rogell 14 Detroit Tigers  
Jimmie Foxx 13 Boston Red Sox 12
Skeeter Newsome 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Selkirk 13 New York Yankees  
Harlond Clift 12 St. Louis Browns 15
Wally Moses 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jesse Hill 11 Washington Senators 17
Luke Sewell 11 Chicago White Sox  
Luke Appling 10 Chicago White Sox 19
Mike Kreevich 10 Chicago White Sox  
Marv Owen 9 Detroit Tigers 21
Odell Hale 8 Cleveland Indians 22
Tony Lazzeri 8 New York Yankees  
Carl Reynolds 8 Washington Senators  
John Stone 8 Washington Senators  



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.

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.