Stolen Bases : 1960 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1960 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Luis Aparicio 51 Chicago White Sox 1
Jim Landis 23 Chicago White Sox 2
Lenny Green 21 Washington Senators 3
Al Kaline 19 Detroit Tigers 4
Jimmy Piersall 18 Cleveland Indians 5
Minnie Minoso 17 Chicago White Sox 6
Mickey Mantle 14 New York Yankees 7
Chico Fernandez 13 Detroit Tigers 8
Bob Allison 11 Washington Senators 9
Johnny Temple 11 Cleveland Indians  
Marv Breeding 10 Baltimore Orioles 11
Gene Freese 10 Chicago White Sox  
Vic Power 9 Cleveland Indians 13
Gene Stephens 9 Boston Red Sox  
Baltimore Orioles  
Al Smith 8 Chicago White Sox 15
Frank Bolling 7 Detroit Tigers 16
Russ Snyder 7 Kansas City Athletics  
Bobby Richardson 6 New York Yankees 18
Jackie Brandt 5 Baltimore Orioles 19
Charlie Maxwell 5 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Runnels 5 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Yost 5 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Aspromonte 4 Washington Senators 23
Cleveland Indians  
Earl Battey 4 Washington Senators  
Walt Bond 4 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.