Stolen Bases : 1933 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1933 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ben Chapman 27 New York Yankees 1
Gee Walker 26 Detroit Tigers 2
Evar Swanson 19 Chicago White Sox 3
Joe Kuhel 17 Washington Senators 4
Tony Lazzeri 15 New York Yankees 5
Bill Werber 15 New York Yankees  
Boston Red Sox  
Roy Johnson 13 Boston Red Sox 7
Ski Melillo 12 St. Louis Browns 8
Jack Burns 11 St. Louis Browns 9
Bruce Campbell 10 St. Louis Browns 10
Fred Schulte 10 Washington Senators  
Sam West 10 St. Louis Browns  
Pete Fox 9 Detroit Tigers 13
Lou Gehrig 9 New York Yankees  
Mickey Cochrane 8 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Bob Johnson 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Dusty Cooke 7 Boston Red Sox 17
Art Scharein 7 St. Louis Browns  
Luke Sewell 7 Washington Senators  
Luke Appling 6 Chicago White Sox 20
Ossie Bluege 6 Washington Senators  
Bill Cissell 6 Cleveland Indians  
Earle Combs 6 New York Yankees  
Hank Greenberg 6 Detroit Tigers  
Willie Kamm 6 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.

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