1997 Stolen Bases Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank
Brian Hunter	74	Detroit Tigers	1
Chuck Knoblauch	62	Minnesota Twins	2
Tom Goodwin	50	Kansas City Royals	3
		Texas Rangers
Otis Nixon	47	Toronto Blue Jays	4
Omar Vizquel	43	Cleveland Indians	5
Ray Durham	33	Chicago White Sox	6
Alex Rodriguez	29	Seattle Mariners	7
Damion Easley	28	Detroit Tigers	8
Mike Cameron	23	Chicago White Sox	9
Darin Erstad	23	Anaheim Angels
Derek Jeter	23	New York Yankees
Gerald Williams	23	Milwaukee Brewers
Luis Alicea	22	Anaheim Angels	13
Nomar Garciaparra	22	Boston Red Sox
Marquis Grissom	22	Cleveland Indians
Jeromy Burnitz	20	Milwaukee Brewers	16
Jeff Frye	19	Boston Red Sox	17
Jose Valentin	19	Milwaukee Brewers
Brady Anderson	18	Baltimore Orioles	19
Damon Buford	18	Texas Rangers
Bip Roberts	18	Kansas City Royals
		Cleveland Indians
Rich Becker	17	Minnesota Twins	22
Johnny Damon	16	Kansas City Royals	23
Travis Fryman	16	Detroit Tigers
Rickey Henderson	16	Anaheim Angels
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank

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