Stolen Bases : 1994 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)
 

1994 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Kenny Lofton 60 Cleveland Indians 1
Vince Coleman 50 Kansas City Royals 2
Otis Nixon 42 Boston Red Sox 3
Chuck Knoblauch 35 Minnesota Twins 4
Brady Anderson 31 Baltimore Orioles 5
Alex Cole 29 Minnesota Twins 6
Brian McRae 28 Kansas City Royals 7
Lance Johnson 26 Chicago White Sox 8
Chad Curtis 25 California Angels 9
Stan Javier 24 Oakland Athletics 10
Rickey Henderson 22 Oakland Athletics 11
Mark McLemore 20 Baltimore Orioles 12
Paul Molitor 20 Toronto Blue Jays  
Luis Polonia 20 New York Yankees  
Roberto Alomar 19 Toronto Blue Jays 15
David Hulse 18 Texas Rangers 16
Terry Shumpert 18 Kansas City Royals  
Bernie Williams 16 New York Yankees 18
Jose Canseco 15 Texas Rangers 19
Oddibe McDowell 14 Texas Rangers 20
Tony Phillips 13 Detroit Tigers 21
Tim Raines 13 Chicago White Sox  
Lee Tinsley 13 Boston Red Sox  
Omar Vizquel 13 Cleveland Indians  
Jose Valentin 12 Milwaukee Brewers 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.

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?

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).