Stolen Bases : 1963 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1963 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Luis Aparicio 40 Baltimore Orioles 1
Chuck Hinton 25 Washington Senators 2
Russ Snyder 18 Baltimore Orioles 3
Jake Wood 18 Detroit Tigers  
Albie Pearson 17 Los Angeles Angels 5
Jose Tartabull 16 Kansas City Athletics 6
Ed Charles 15 Kansas City Athletics 7
Tommy McCraw 15 Chicago White Sox  
Bobby Richardson 15 New York Yankees  
Al Weis 15 Chicago White Sox  
Bill Bruton 14 Detroit Tigers 11
Lenny Green 11 Minnesota Twins 12
Dick McAuliffe 11 Detroit Tigers  
Max Alvis 9 Cleveland Indians 14
Tito Francona 9 Cleveland Indians  
Gary Geiger 9 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Hershberger 9 Chicago White Sox  
Dick Howser 9 Kansas City Athletics  
Cleveland Indians  
Al Smith 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Willie Kirkland 8 Cleveland Indians 20
Jim Landis 8 Chicago White Sox  
Minnie Minoso 8 Washington Senators  
Bob Saverine 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Carl Yastrzemski 8 Boston Red Sox  
Don Lock 7 Washington Senators 25



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.

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 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?