Stolen Bases : 1916 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1916 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 68 Detroit Tigers 1
Armando Marsans 46 St. Louis Browns 2
Burt Shotton 41 St. Louis Browns 3
Eddie Collins 40 Chicago White Sox 4
Tris Speaker 35 Cleveland Indians 5
Clyde Milan 34 Washington Senators 6
George Sisler 34 St. Louis Browns  
Ray Schalk 30 Chicago White Sox 8
Jimmy Walsh 30 Philadelphia Athletics  
Boston Red Sox  
Lee Magee 29 New York Yankees 10
Braggo Roth 29 Cleveland Indians  
Harry Hooper 27 Boston Red Sox 12
Del Pratt 26 St. Louis Browns 13
Ward Miller 25 St. Louis Browns 14
Charlie Pick 25 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Jackson 24 Chicago White Sox 16
Bobby Veach 24 Detroit Tigers  
Eddie Foster 23 Washington Senators 18
Howie Shanks 23 Washington Senators  
Buck Weaver 22 Chicago White Sox 20
Ray Chapman 21 Cleveland Indians 21
Amos Strunk 21 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ralph Young 20 Detroit Tigers 23
Jimmy Austin 19 St. Louis Browns 24
Donie Bush 19 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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.