Stolen Bases : 2000 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)
 

2000 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Damon 46 Kansas City Royals 1
Roberto Alomar 39 Cleveland Indians 2
Delino DeShields 37 Baltimore Orioles 3
Rickey Henderson 31 Seattle Mariners 4
Kenny Lofton 30 Cleveland Indians 5
Mark McLemore 30 Seattle Mariners  
Miguel Cairo 28 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7
Darin Erstad 28 Anaheim Angels  
Cristian Guzman 28 Minnesota Twins  
Ray Durham 25 Chicago White Sox 10
Mike Cameron 24 Seattle Mariners 11
Matt Lawton 23 Minnesota Twins 12
Derek Jeter 22 New York Yankees 13
Adam Kennedy 22 Anaheim Angels  
Raul Mondesi 22 Toronto Blue Jays  
Chris Singleton 22 Chicago White Sox  
Omar Vizquel 22 Cleveland Indians  
Shannon Stewart 20 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Jose Valentin 19 Chicago White Sox 19
Magglio Ordonez 18 Chicago White Sox 20
Carlos Febles 17 Kansas City Royals 21
Brady Anderson 16 Baltimore Orioles 22
Juan Encarnacion 16 Detroit Tigers  
Jose Cruz, Jr. 15 Toronto Blue Jays 24
Bobby Higginson 15 Detroit Tigers  



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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).

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?