Stolen Bases : 2007 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)
 

2007 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Crawford 50 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1
Brian Roberts 50 Baltimore Orioles  
Chone Figgins 41 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3
Corey Patterson 37 Baltimore Orioles 4
Ichiro Suzuki 37 Seattle Mariners  
Julio Lugo 33 Boston Red Sox 6
Grady Sizemore 33 Cleveland Indians  
Jerry Owens 32 Chicago White Sox 8
Coco Crisp 28 Boston Red Sox 9
Johnny Damon 27 New York Yankees 10
Reggie Willits 27 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Curtis Granderson 26 Detroit Tigers 12
Bobby Abreu 25 New York Yankees 13
Alex Rodriguez 24 New York Yankees 14
Jason Bartlett 23 Minnesota Twins 15
Ian Kinsler 23 Texas Rangers  
Kenny Lofton 23 Texas Rangers  
Cleveland Indians  
Gary Sheffield 22 Detroit Tigers 18
B.J. Upton 22 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Orlando Cabrera 20 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 20
Torii Hunter 18 Minnesota Twins 21
Nick Markakis 18 Baltimore Orioles  
Gary Matthews, Jr. 18 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Alex Rios 17 Toronto Blue Jays 24
Nick Punto 16 Minnesota Twins 25



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.

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?

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.