Stolen Bases : 1975 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1975 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mickey Rivers 70 California Angels 1
Claudell Washington 40 Oakland Athletics 2
Amos Otis 39 Kansas City Royals 3
Rod Carew 35 Minnesota Twins 4
Jerry Remy 34 California Angels 5
Don Baylor 32 Baltimore Orioles 6
Freddie Patek 32 Kansas City Royals  
Bobby Bonds 30 New York Yankees 8
Billy North 30 Oakland Athletics  
Sandy Alomar 28 New York Yankees 10
Ron LeFlore 28 Detroit Tigers  
Tommy Harper 26 California Angels 12
Oakland Athletics  
Bert Campaneris 24 Oakland Athletics 13
Dave Collins 24 California Angels  
Toby Harrah 23 Texas Rangers 15
Morris Nettles 22 California Angels 16
Don Hopkins 21 Oakland Athletics 17
Cesar Tovar 20 Texas Rangers 18
Oakland Athletics  
Duane Kuiper 19 Cleveland Indians 19
Rick Manning 19 Cleveland Indians  
Pat Kelly 18 Chicago White Sox 21
Leroy Stanton 18 California Angels  
Matt Alexander 17 Oakland Athletics 23
Paul Blair 17 Baltimore Orioles  
Larry Hisle 17 Minnesota Twins  



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 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.