Stolen Bases : 1905 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1905 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Danny Hoffman 46 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Dave Fultz 44 New York Highlanders 2
Jake Stahl 41 Washington Senators 3
Topsy Hartsel 37 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Harry Bay 36 Cleveland Naps 5
Harry Davis 36 Philadelphia Athletics  
Elmer Flick 35 Cleveland Naps 7
Jiggs Donahue 32 Chicago White Sox 8
John Anderson 31 New York Highlanders 9
Washington Senators  
George Davis 31 Chicago White Sox  
Nixey Callahan 26 Chicago White Sox 11
George Stone 26 St. Louis Browns  
Wid Conroy 25 New York Highlanders 13
Freddy Parent 25 Boston Americans  
Charlie Jones 24 Washington Senators 15
Joe Cassidy 23 Washington Senators 16
Harry Gleason 23 St. Louis Browns  
Danny Murphy 23 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Bradley 22 Cleveland Naps 19
Hal Chase 22 New York Highlanders  
Sam Crawford 22 Detroit Tigers  
Ben Koehler 22 St. Louis Browns  
Fielder Jones 20 Chicago White Sox 23
Willie Keeler 19 New York Highlanders 24
Germany Schaefer 19 Detroit Tigers  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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?