1949 Stolen Bases Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank
Bob Dillinger	20	St. Louis Browns	1
Phil Rizzuto	18	New York Yankees	2
Elmer Valo	14	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Dave Philley	13	Chicago White Sox	4
Larry Doby	10	Cleveland Indians	5
Dale Mitchell	10	Cleveland Indians
Sherry Robertson	10	Washington Senators
Gil Coan	9	Washington Senators	8
Dom DiMaggio	9	Boston Red Sox
Mickey Vernon	9	Cleveland Indians
Jerry Coleman	8	New York Yankees	11
Ferris Fain	8	Philadelphia Athletics
Johnny Pesky	8	Boston Red Sox
Birdie Tebbetts	8	Boston Red Sox
Luke Appling	7	Chicago White Sox	15
George Kell	7	Detroit Tigers
Don Kolloway	7	Chicago White Sox
		Detroit Tigers
Hoot Evers	6	Detroit Tigers	18
Chuck Kress	6	Chicago White Sox
Cliff Mapes	6	New York Yankees
Bud Stewart	6	Washington Senators
Joe Gordon	5	Cleveland Indians	22
Bob Kennedy	5	Cleveland Indians
Catfish Metkovich	5	Chicago White Sox
Cass Michaels	5	Chicago White Sox
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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?