Top 25 Stolen Bases in 1999 in the American League

Stolen Bases : 1999 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

1999 Stolen Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

Brian Hunter 44 Detroit Tigers 1

Seattle Mariners

Omar Vizquel 42 Cleveland Indians 2

Tom Goodwin 39 Texas Rangers 3

Roberto Alomar 37 Cleveland Indians 4

Shannon Stewart 37 Toronto Blue Jays

Brady Anderson 36 Baltimore Orioles 6

Johnny Damon 36 Kansas City Royals

Ray Durham 34 Chicago White Sox 8

Juan Encarnacion 33 Detroit Tigers 9

Homer Bush 32 Toronto Blue Jays 10

Chuck Knoblauch 28 New York Yankees 11

Carlos Beltran 27 Kansas City Royals 12

Matt Lawton 26 Minnesota Twins 13

Kenny Lofton 25 Cleveland Indians 14

Ivan Rodriguez 25 Texas Rangers

Ken Griffey, Jr. 24 Seattle Mariners 16

Randy Velarde 24 Anaheim Angels

Oakland Athletics

Miguel Cairo 22 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 18

Alex Rodriguez 21 Seattle Mariners 19

Carlos Febles 20 Kansas City Royals 20

Shawn Green 20 Toronto Blue Jays

Chris Singleton 20 Chicago White Sox

Derek Jeter 19 New York Yankees 23

Jose Offerman 18 Boston Red Sox 24

Todd Walker 18 Minnesota Twins

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).

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

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