Stolen Bases : 1987 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1987 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harold Reynolds 60 Seattle Mariners 1
Willie Wilson 59 Kansas City Royals 2
Gary Redus 52 Chicago White Sox 3
Paul Molitor 45 Milwaukee Brewers 4
Rickey Henderson 41 New York Yankees 5
Phil Bradley 40 Seattle Mariners 6
Lloyd Moseby 39 Toronto Blue Jays 7
Mike Felder 34 Milwaukee Brewers 8
Brett Butler 33 Cleveland Indians 9
Tony Fernandez 32 Toronto Blue Jays 10
Julio Franco 32 Cleveland Indians  
Devon White 32 California Angels  
Joe Carter 31 Cleveland Indians 13
Luis Polonia 29 Oakland Athletics 14
Jerry Browne 27 Texas Rangers 15
Ellis Burks 27 Boston Red Sox  
Carney Lansford 27 Oakland Athletics  
Kirk Gibson 26 Detroit Tigers 18
Alfredo Griffin 26 Oakland Athletics  
Dan Gladden 25 Minnesota Twins 20
Ozzie Guillen 25 Chicago White Sox  
Mark McLemore 25 California Angels  
Oddibe McDowell 24 Texas Rangers 23
Gary Pettis 24 California Angels  
John Moses 23 Seattle Mariners 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.