Stolen Bases : 1902 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)
 

1902 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Topsy Hartsel 47 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Sam Mertes 46 Chicago White Stockings 2
Dave Fultz 44 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Billy Gilbert 38 Baltimore Orioles 4
Frank Isbell 38 Chicago White Stockings  
Sammy Strang 38 Chicago White Stockings  
Danny Green 35 Chicago White Stockings 7
Fielder Jones 33 Chicago White Stockings 8
George Davis 31 Chicago White Stockings 9
Bill Coughlin 29 Washington Senators 10
Harry Davis 28 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Charlie Hemphill 27 Cleveland Blues 12
St. Louis Browns  
Bill Keister 27 Washington Senators  
Lave Cross 25 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Jimmy Barrett 24 Detroit Tigers 15
Elmer Flick 24 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cleveland Blues  
Chick Stahl 24 Boston Americans  
Jesse Burkett 23 St. Louis Browns 18
Harry Bay 22 Cleveland Blues 19
Doc Casey 22 Detroit Tigers  
Ollie Pickering 22 Cleveland Blues  
Kip Selbach 22 Baltimore Orioles  
Patsy Dougherty 20 Boston Americans 23
Dick Harley 20 Detroit Tigers  
Nap Lajoie 20 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cleveland Blues  



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?

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.