Stolen Bases : 1975 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1975 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mickey Rivers 70 California Angels 1
Claudell Washington 40 Oakland Athletics 2
Amos Otis 39 Kansas City Royals 3
Rod Carew 35 Minnesota Twins 4
Jerry Remy 34 California Angels 5
Don Baylor 32 Baltimore Orioles 6
Freddie Patek 32 Kansas City Royals  
Bobby Bonds 30 New York Yankees 8
Billy North 30 Oakland Athletics  
Sandy Alomar 28 New York Yankees 10
Ron LeFlore 28 Detroit Tigers  
Tommy Harper 26 California Angels 12
Oakland Athletics  
Bert Campaneris 24 Oakland Athletics 13
Dave Collins 24 California Angels  
Toby Harrah 23 Texas Rangers 15
Morris Nettles 22 California Angels 16
Don Hopkins 21 Oakland Athletics 17
Cesar Tovar 20 Texas Rangers 18
Oakland Athletics  
Duane Kuiper 19 Cleveland Indians 19
Rick Manning 19 Cleveland Indians  
Pat Kelly 18 Chicago White Sox 21
Leroy Stanton 18 California Angels  
Matt Alexander 17 Oakland Athletics 23
Paul Blair 17 Baltimore Orioles  
Larry Hisle 17 Minnesota Twins  



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?

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.