1951 Stolen Bases Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank
Minnie Minoso	31	Cleveland Indians	1
		Chicago White Sox
Jim Busby	26	Chicago White Sox	2
Phil Rizzuto	18	New York Yankees	3
Bobby Avila	14	Cleveland Indians	4
Chico Carrasquel	14	Chicago White Sox
Gil McDougald	14	New York Yankees
Elmer Valo	11	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Eddie Joost	10	Philadelphia Athletics	8
George Kell	10	Detroit Tigers
Irv Noren	10	Washington Senators
Joe Collins	9	New York Yankees	11
Nellie Fox	9	Chicago White Sox
Dave Philley	9	Chicago White Sox
		Philadelphia Athletics
Gil Coan	8	Washington Senators	14
Jackie Jensen	8	New York Yankees
Mickey Mantle	8	New York Yankees
Bobby Young	8	St. Louis Browns
Billy Goodman	7	Boston Red Sox	18
Johnny Lipon	7	Detroit Tigers
Dale Mitchell	7	Cleveland Indians
Al Rosen	7	Cleveland Indians
Mickey Vernon	7	Washington Senators
Jerry Coleman	6	New York Yankees	23
Harry Simpson	6	Cleveland Indians
Eddie Yost	6	Washington Senators
Name	Stolen Bases	Team	Rank

	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). 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.