Stolen Bases : 1935 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1935 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bill Werber 29 Boston Red Sox 1
Lyn Lary 28 Washington Senators 2
St. Louis Browns  
Mel Almada 20 Boston Red Sox 3
Jo-Jo White 19 Detroit Tigers 4
Ben Chapman 17 New York Yankees 5
Odell Hale 15 Cleveland Indians 6
Jake Powell 15 Washington Senators  
Pete Fox 14 Detroit Tigers 8
Jesse Hill 14 New York Yankees  
Roy Hughes 13 Cleveland Indians 10
Luke Appling 12 Chicago White Sox 11
Charlie Gehringer 11 Detroit Tigers 12
Roy Johnson 11 Boston Red Sox  
Tony Lazzeri 11 New York Yankees  
Moose Solters 11 Boston Red Sox  
St. Louis Browns  
Earl Averill 8 Cleveland Indians 16
Lou Gehrig 8 New York Yankees  
Rabbit Warstler 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Boze Berger 7 Cleveland Indians 19
Lou Finney 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Buddy Myer 7 Washington Senators  
Red Rolfe 7 New York Yankees  
Dusty Cooke 6 Boston Red Sox 23
Doc Cramer 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Babe Dahlgren 6 Boston Red Sox  



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?

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.

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).