Stolen Bases : 1945 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:

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1945 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Snuffy Stirnweiss 33 New York Yankees 1
George Case 30 Washington Senators 2
George Myatt 30 Washington Senators  
Catfish Metkovich 19 Boston Red Sox 4
Johnny Dickshot 18 Chicago White Sox 5
George Binks 11 Washington Senators 6
Mike Kreevich 11 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Wally Moses 11 Chicago White Sox  
Oris Hockett 10 Chicago White Sox 9
Joe Kuhel 10 Washington Senators  
Ben Steiner 10 Boston Red Sox  
Don Gutteridge 9 St. Louis Browns 12
Eddie Lake 9 Boston Red Sox  
Cass Michaels 8 Chicago White Sox 14
Skeeter Webb 8 Detroit Tigers  
Frankie Crosetti 7 New York Yankees 16
Oscar Grimes 7 New York Yankees  
Bob Maier 7 Detroit Tigers  
Eddie Mayo 7 Detroit Tigers  
Gil Torres 7 Washington Senators  
Tony Cuccinello 6 Chicago White Sox 21
Joe Hoover 6 Detroit Tigers  
Skeeter Newsome 6 Boston Red Sox  
Jimmy Outlaw 6 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Tresh 6 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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.