Top 25 Stolen Bases in 1939 in the American League

Stolen Bases : 1939 American League Top 25

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"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)

1939 Stolen Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

George Case 51 Washington Senators 1

Pete Fox 23 Detroit Tigers 2

Mike Kreevich 23 Chicago White Sox

Barney McCosky 20 Detroit Tigers 4

Ben Chapman 18 Cleveland Indians 5

Joe Kuhel 18 Chicago White Sox

Eric McNair 17 Chicago White Sox 7

Gee Walker 17 Chicago White Sox

Luke Appling 16 Chicago White Sox 9

Jim Tabor 16 Boston Red Sox

Bob Johnson 15 Philadelphia Athletics 11

Johnny Welaj 13 Washington Senators 12

George Selkirk 12 New York Yankees 13

Sam Chapman 11 Philadelphia Athletics 14

Frankie Crosetti 11 New York Yankees

Joe Gordon 11 New York Yankees

Buddy Lewis 10 Washington Senators 17

Myril Hoag 9 St. Louis Browns 18

Hank Greenberg 8 Detroit Tigers 19

Oscar Grimes 8 Cleveland Indians

Jeff Heath 8 Cleveland Indians

Bruce Campbell 7 Cleveland Indians 22

Tommy Henrich 7 New York Yankees

Pinky Higgins 7 Detroit Tigers

Wally Moses 7 Philadelphia Athletics

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

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).

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 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?

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