Stolen Bases : 1946 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1946 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Case 28 Cleveland Indians 1
Snuffy Stirnweiss 18 New York Yankees 2
Eddie Lake 15 Detroit Tigers 3
Don Kolloway 14 Chicago White Sox 4
Phil Rizzuto 14 New York Yankees  
Mickey Vernon 14 Washington Senators  
Dom DiMaggio 10 Boston Red Sox 7
Taffy Wright 10 Chicago White Sox  
Cass Michaels 9 Chicago White Sox 9
Johnny Pesky 9 Boston Red Sox  
Jerry Priddy 9 Washington Senators  
Thurman Tucker 9 Chicago White Sox  
Elmer Valo 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Dillinger 8 St. Louis Browns 14
Gene Handley 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Catfish Metkovich 8 Boston Red Sox  
Hoot Evers 7 Detroit Tigers 17
Luke Appling 6 Chicago White Sox 18
Lou Boudreau 6 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Kennedy 6 Chicago White Sox  
Eddie Mayo 6 Detroit Tigers  
Sherry Robertson 6 Washington Senators  
Bobby Doerr 5 Boston Red Sox 23
Hank Greenberg 5 Detroit Tigers  
Tommy Henrich 5 New York Yankees  



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.

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.