Stolen Bases : 1969 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1969 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tommy Harper 73 Seattle Pilots 1
Bert Campaneris 62 Oakland Athletics 2
Cesar Tovar 45 Minnesota Twins 3
Pat Kelly 40 Kansas City Royals 4
Joe Foy 37 Kansas City Royals 5
Jose Cardenal 36 Cleveland Indians 6
Horace Clarke 33 New York Yankees 7
Jerry Kenney 25 New York Yankees 8
Luis Aparicio 24 Chicago White Sox 9
Sandy Alomar 20 Chicago White Sox 10
California Angels  
Paul Blair 20 Baltimore Orioles  
Don Buford 19 Baltimore Orioles 12
Rod Carew 19 Minnesota Twins  
Tommy Davis 19 Seattle Pilots  
Wayne Comer 18 Seattle Pilots 15
Roy White 18 New York Yankees  
Ken Harrelson 17 Boston Red Sox 17
Cleveland Indians  
Jackie Hernandez 17 Kansas City Royals  
Ted Uhlaender 15 Minnesota Twins 19
Carl Yastrzemski 15 Boston Red Sox  
Mark Belanger 14 Baltimore Orioles 21
Reggie Jackson 13 Oakland Athletics 22
Hank Allen 12 Washington Senators 23
Rick Monday 12 Oakland Athletics  
Ed Stroud 12 Washington Senators  



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.

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).

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?