Stolen Bases : 1915 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1915 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 96 Detroit Tigers 1
Fritz Maisel 51 New York Yankees 2
Eddie Collins 46 Chicago White Sox 3
Burt Shotton 43 St. Louis Browns 4
Clyde Milan 40 Washington Senators 5
Shano Collins 38 Chicago White Sox 6
Ray Chapman 36 Cleveland Indians 7
Donie Bush 35 Detroit Tigers 8
Eddie Murphy 33 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Chicago White Sox  
Danny Moeller 32 Washington Senators 10
Del Pratt 32 St. Louis Browns  
Doc Cook 29 New York Yankees 12
Ivan Howard 29 St. Louis Browns  
Tris Speaker 29 Boston Red Sox  
Braggo Roth 26 Chicago White Sox 15
Cleveland Indians  
Ossie Vitt 26 Detroit Tigers  
Sam Crawford 24 Detroit Tigers 17
Buck Weaver 24 Chicago White Sox  
Hugh High 22 New York Yankees 19
Harry Hooper 22 Boston Red Sox  
Jimmy Walsh 22 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jack Fournier 21 Chicago White Sox 22
Eddie Foster 20 Washington Senators 23
Chick Gandil 20 Washington Senators  
Tilly Walker 20 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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