Stolen Bases : 1974 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1974 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Billy North 54 Oakland Athletics 1
Rod Carew 38 Minnesota Twins 2
John Lowenstein 36 Cleveland Indians 3
Bert Campaneris 34 Oakland Athletics 4
Freddie Patek 33 Kansas City Royals 5
Mickey Rivers 30 California Angels 6
Don Baylor 29 Baltimore Orioles 7
Herb Washington 29 Oakland Athletics  
Tommy Harper 28 Boston Red Sox 9
Paul Blair 27 Baltimore Orioles 10
Rich Coggins 26 Baltimore Orioles 11
Len Randle 26 Texas Rangers  
Reggie Jackson 25 Oakland Athletics 13
Dave Nelson 25 Texas Rangers  
Ron LeFlore 23 Detroit Tigers 15
Vada Pinson 21 Kansas City Royals 16
Alex Johnson 20 Texas Rangers 17
New York Yankees  
Morris Nettles 20 California Angels  
Juan Beniquez 19 Boston Red Sox 19
Don Money 19 Milwaukee Brewers  
Pat Kelly 18 Chicago White Sox 21
Amos Otis 18 Kansas City Royals  
Mark Belanger 17 Baltimore Orioles 23
Bobby Grich 17 Baltimore Orioles  
Fran Healy 16 Kansas City Royals 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.

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?

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).