Stolen Bases : 1901 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1901 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Isbell 52 Chicago White Stockings 1
Sam Mertes 46 Chicago White Stockings 2
Fielder Jones 38 Chicago White Stockings 3
Cy Seymour 38 Baltimore Orioles  
Dave Fultz 36 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Ollie Pickering 36 Cleveland Blues  
John Anderson 35 Milwaukee Brewers 7
Ducky Holmes 35 Detroit Tigers  
Doc Casey 34 Detroit Tigers 9
Mike Donlin 33 Baltimore Orioles 10
Tommy Dowd 33 Boston Americans  
Herm McFarland 33 Chicago White Stockings  
Kid Gleason 32 Detroit Tigers 13
Fred Hartman 31 Chicago White Stockings 14
Chick Stahl 29 Boston Americans 15
Dummy Hoy 27 Chicago White Stockings 16
Nap Lajoie 27 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmy Barrett 26 Detroit Tigers 18
John Farrell 25 Washington Senators 19
Bill Keister 24 Baltimore Orioles 20
John McGraw 24 Baltimore Orioles  
Lave Cross 23 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Kid Elberfeld 23 Detroit Tigers  
Wid Conroy 21 Milwaukee Brewers 24
Harry Davis 21 Philadelphia Athletics  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.

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.