1979 Stolen Bases Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank
Willie Wilson	83	Kansas City Royals	1
Ron LeFlore	78	Detroit Tigers	2
Julio Cruz	49	Seattle Mariners	3
Al Bumbry	37	Baltimore Orioles	4
Bump Wills	35	Texas Rangers	5
Bobby Bonds	34	Cleveland Indians	6
Rickey Henderson	33	Oakland Athletics	7
Ruppert Jones	33	Seattle Mariners
Paul Molitor	33	Milwaukee Brewers
Willie Randolph	33	New York Yankees
Rick Manning	30	Cleveland Indians	11
Amos Otis	30	Kansas City Royals
Frank White	28	Kansas City Royals	13
Alan Bannister	22	Chicago White Sox	14
Don Baylor	22	California Angels
Alfredo Griffin	21	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Toby Harrah	20	Cleveland Indians	17
Carney Lansford	20	California Angels
Lou Whitaker	20	Detroit Tigers
Claudell Washington	19	Chicago White Sox	20
Rod Carew	18	California Angels	21
George Brett	17	Kansas City Royals	22
Mitchell Page	17	Oakland Athletics
Alan Trammell	17	Detroit Tigers
John Lowenstein	16	Baltimore Orioles	25
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank

	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? 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.