Stolen Bases : 1936 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1936 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lyn Lary 37 St. Louis Browns 1
Jake Powell 26 Washington Senators 2
New York Yankees  
Bill Werber 23 Boston Red Sox 3
Ben Chapman 20 New York Yankees 4
Washington Senators  
Roy Hughes 20 Cleveland Indians  
Frankie Crosetti 18 New York Yankees 6
Gee Walker 17 Detroit Tigers 7
Joe Kuhel 15 Washington Senators 8
Tony Piet 15 Chicago White Sox  
Goose Goslin 14 Detroit Tigers 10
Billy Rogell 14 Detroit Tigers  
Jimmie Foxx 13 Boston Red Sox 12
Skeeter Newsome 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Selkirk 13 New York Yankees  
Harlond Clift 12 St. Louis Browns 15
Wally Moses 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jesse Hill 11 Washington Senators 17
Luke Sewell 11 Chicago White Sox  
Luke Appling 10 Chicago White Sox 19
Mike Kreevich 10 Chicago White Sox  
Marv Owen 9 Detroit Tigers 21
Odell Hale 8 Cleveland Indians 22
Tony Lazzeri 8 New York Yankees  
Carl Reynolds 8 Washington Senators  
John Stone 8 Washington Senators  



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.

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