Stolen Bases : 1938 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)
 

1938 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frankie Crosetti 27 New York Yankees 1
Lyn Lary 23 Cleveland Indians 2
Bill Werber 19 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Buddy Lewis 17 Washington Senators 4
Pete Fox 16 Detroit Tigers 5
Wally Moses 15 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Charlie Gehringer 14 Detroit Tigers 7
Mel Almada 13 Washington Senators 8
St. Louis Browns  
Ben Chapman 13 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Kreevich 13 Chicago White Sox  
Red Rolfe 13 New York Yankees  
Bruce Campbell 11 Cleveland Indians 12
George Case 11 Washington Senators  
Joe Gordon 11 New York Yankees  
Harlond Clift 10 St. Louis Browns 15
Pinky Higgins 10 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Johnson 9 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Joe Kuhel 9 Chicago White Sox  
Buddy Myer 9 Washington Senators  
Frankie Pytlak 9 Cleveland Indians  
Billy Rogell 9 Detroit Tigers  
George Selkirk 9 New York Yankees  
Gee Walker 9 Chicago White Sox  
Odell Hale 8 Cleveland Indians 24
Billy Sullivan 8 St. Louis Browns  



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.