Stolen Bases : 1980 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
 

1980 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 100 Oakland Athletics 1
Willie Wilson 79 Kansas City Royals 2
Miguel Dilone 61 Cleveland Indians 3
Julio Cruz 45 Seattle Mariners 4
Al Bumbry 44 Baltimore Orioles 5
Paul Molitor 34 Milwaukee Brewers 6
Bump Wills 34 Texas Rangers  
Willie Randolph 30 New York Yankees 8
Bobby Brown 27 New York Yankees 9
Dwayne Murphy 26 Oakland Athletics 10
Rod Carew 23 California Angels 11
U.L. Washington 20 Kansas City Royals 12
Robin Yount 20 Milwaukee Brewers  
Frank White 19 Kansas City Royals 14
Alfredo Griffin 18 Toronto Blue Jays 15
Ruppert Jones 18 New York Yankees  
Bob Molinaro 18 Chicago White Sox  
Mickey Rivers 18 Texas Rangers  
Cecil Cooper 17 Milwaukee Brewers 19
Toby Harrah 17 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Simpson 17 Seattle Mariners  
John Wathan 17 Kansas City Royals  
Pat Kelly 16 Baltimore Orioles 23
Amos Otis 16 Kansas City Royals  
George Brett 15 Kansas City Royals 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).

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.

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.