Stolen Bases : 1903 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1903 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harry Bay 45 Cleveland Blues 1
Ollie Pickering 40 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Patsy Dougherty 35 Boston Americans 3
Ducky Holmes 35 Washington Senators  
Chicago White Stockings  
Wid Conroy 33 New York Highlanders 5
Monte Cross 31 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Bill Coughlin 30 Washington Senators 7
Dave Fultz 29 New York Highlanders 8
Danny Green 29 Chicago White Stockings  
Jimmy Barrett 27 Detroit Tigers 10
Frank Isbell 26 Chicago White Stockings 11
Nixey Callahan 24 Chicago White Stockings 12
Harry Davis 24 Philadelphia Athletics  
Elmer Flick 24 Cleveland Blues  
Willie Keeler 24 New York Highlanders  
Freddy Parent 24 Boston Americans  
Jimmy Collins 23 Boston Americans 17
Kid Elberfeld 22 Detroit Tigers 18
New York Highlanders  
Bill Bradley 21 Cleveland Blues 19
Fielder Jones 21 Chicago White Stockings  
Nap Lajoie 21 Cleveland Blues  
Kip Selbach 20 Washington Senators 22
Emmet Heidrick 19 St. Louis Browns 23
Sam Crawford 18 Detroit Tigers 24
Jesse Burkett 17 St. Louis Browns 25



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?

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.

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.