Stolen Bases : 1944 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)
 

1944 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Snuffy Stirnweiss 55 New York Yankees 1
George Case 49 Washington Senators 2
George Myatt 26 Washington Senators 3
Wally Moses 21 Chicago White Sox 4
Don Gutteridge 20 St. Louis Browns 5
Catfish Metkovich 13 Boston Red Sox 6
Thurman Tucker 13 Chicago White Sox  
Lou Boudreau 11 Cleveland Indians 8
Joe Kuhel 11 Washington Senators  
Pete Fox 10 Boston Red Sox 10
Ford Garrison 10 Boston Red Sox  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Gil Torres 10 Washington Senators  
Eddie Mayo 9 Detroit Tigers 13
Mike Guerra 8 Washington Senators 14
Oris Hockett 8 Cleveland Indians  
Paul Richards 8 Detroit Tigers  
Myril Hoag 7 Chicago White Sox 17
Cleveland Indians  
Joe Hoover 7 Detroit Tigers  
Jimmy Outlaw 7 Detroit Tigers  
Jake Powell 7 Washington Senators  
Skeeter Webb 7 Chicago White Sox  
Doc Cramer 6 Detroit Tigers 22
Leon Culberson 6 Boston Red Sox  
Oscar Grimes 6 New York Yankees  
Ed Busch 5 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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).

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.
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