Stolen Bases : 1945 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:

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1945 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Snuffy Stirnweiss 33 New York Yankees 1
George Case 30 Washington Senators 2
George Myatt 30 Washington Senators  
Catfish Metkovich 19 Boston Red Sox 4
Johnny Dickshot 18 Chicago White Sox 5
George Binks 11 Washington Senators 6
Mike Kreevich 11 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Wally Moses 11 Chicago White Sox  
Oris Hockett 10 Chicago White Sox 9
Joe Kuhel 10 Washington Senators  
Ben Steiner 10 Boston Red Sox  
Don Gutteridge 9 St. Louis Browns 12
Eddie Lake 9 Boston Red Sox  
Cass Michaels 8 Chicago White Sox 14
Skeeter Webb 8 Detroit Tigers  
Frankie Crosetti 7 New York Yankees 16
Oscar Grimes 7 New York Yankees  
Bob Maier 7 Detroit Tigers  
Eddie Mayo 7 Detroit Tigers  
Gil Torres 7 Washington Senators  
Tony Cuccinello 6 Chicago White Sox 21
Joe Hoover 6 Detroit Tigers  
Skeeter Newsome 6 Boston Red Sox  
Jimmy Outlaw 6 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Tresh 6 Chicago White Sox  



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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.

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?