Stolen Bases : 1937 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)
 

1937 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ben Chapman 35 Washington Senators 1
Boston Red Sox  
Bill Werber 35 Philadelphia Athletics  
Gee Walker 23 Detroit Tigers 3
Luke Appling 18 Chicago White Sox 4
Jesse Hill 18 Washington Senators  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Lyn Lary 18 Cleveland Indians  
Frankie Pytlak 16 Cleveland Indians 7
Tony Piet 14 Chicago White Sox 8
Frankie Crosetti 13 New York Yankees 9
Mel Almada 12 Boston Red Sox 10
Washington Senators  
Pete Fox 12 Detroit Tigers  
Jo-Jo White 12 Detroit Tigers  
Charlie Gehringer 11 Detroit Tigers 13
Roy Hughes 11 Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Lewis 11 Washington Senators  
Buster Mills 11 Boston Red Sox  
Skeeter Newsome 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmie Foxx 10 Boston Red Sox 18
Mike Kreevich 10 Chicago White Sox  
Eric McNair 10 Boston Red Sox  
Odell Hale 9 Cleveland Indians 21
Bob Johnson 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Moses 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Harlond Clift 8 St. Louis Browns 24
Doc Cramer 8 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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

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.