Stolen Bases : 1982 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1982 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 130 Oakland Athletics 1
Damaso Garcia 54 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Julio Cruz 46 Seattle Mariners 3
Paul Molitor 41 Milwaukee Brewers 4
Willie Wilson 37 Kansas City Royals 5
Rudy Law 36 Chicago White Sox 6
John Wathan 36 Kansas City Royals  
Miguel Dilone 33 Cleveland Indians 8
Von Hayes 32 Cleveland Indians 9
Bobby Brown 28 Seattle Mariners 10
Ron LeFlore 28 Chicago White Sox  
Davey Lopes 28 Oakland Athletics  
Dwayne Murphy 26 Oakland Athletics 13
U.L. Washington 23 Kansas City Royals 14
Alan Trammell 19 Detroit Tigers 15
Alan Bannister 18 Cleveland Indians 16
Carlton Fisk 17 Chicago White Sox 17
Toby Harrah 17 Cleveland Indians  
Willie Randolph 16 New York Yankees 19
Jerry Remy 16 Boston Red Sox  
Jimmy Sexton 16 Oakland Athletics  
Enos Cabell 15 Detroit Tigers 22
Barry Bonnell 14 Toronto Blue Jays 23
Robin Yount 14 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dave Collins 13 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.