Stolen Bases : 1973 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)
 

1973 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tommy Harper 54 Boston Red Sox 1
Billy North 53 Oakland Athletics 2
Dave Nelson 43 Texas Rangers 3
Rod Carew 41 Minnesota Twins 4
Freddie Patek 36 Kansas City Royals 5
Bert Campaneris 34 Oakland Athletics 6
Don Baylor 32 Baltimore Orioles 7
Sandy Alomar 25 California Angels 8
Al Bumbry 23 Baltimore Orioles 9
Reggie Jackson 22 Oakland Athletics 10
Pat Kelly 22 Chicago White Sox  
Don Money 22 Milwaukee Brewers  
Paul Blair 18 Baltimore Orioles 13
Cookie Rojas 18 Kansas City Royals  
Rich Coggins 17 Baltimore Orioles 15
Bobby Grich 17 Baltimore Orioles  
Roy White 16 New York Yankees 17
Johnny Briggs 15 Milwaukee Brewers 18
Luis Aparicio 13 Boston Red Sox 19
Mark Belanger 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Bob Coluccio 13 Milwaukee Brewers  
Vic Harris 13 Texas Rangers  
Amos Otis 13 Kansas City Royals  
Jerry Terrell 13 Minnesota Twins  
Rick Miller 12 Boston Red Sox 25



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).

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?

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.