Stolen Bases : 1988 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1988 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 93 New York Yankees 1
Gary Pettis 44 Detroit Tigers 2
Paul Molitor 41 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Jose Canseco 40 Oakland Athletics 4
Harold Reynolds 35 Seattle Mariners 5
Willie Wilson 35 Kansas City Royals  
Cecil Espy 33 Texas Rangers 7
Oddibe McDowell 33 Texas Rangers  
Lloyd Moseby 31 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Carney Lansford 29 Oakland Athletics 10
Dan Gladden 28 Minnesota Twins 11
Joe Carter 27 Cleveland Indians 12
Henry Cotto 27 Seattle Mariners  
Bo Jackson 27 Kansas City Royals  
Gary Redus 26 Chicago White Sox 15
Ellis Burks 25 Boston Red Sox 16
Julio Franco 25 Cleveland Indians  
Ozzie Guillen 25 Chicago White Sox  
Luis Polonia 24 Oakland Athletics 19
Kelly Gruber 23 Toronto Blue Jays 20
Robin Yount 22 Milwaukee Brewers 21
B.J. Surhoff 21 Milwaukee Brewers 22
Jim Gantner 20 Milwaukee Brewers 23
Stan Javier 20 Oakland Athletics  
Dick Schofield 20 California Angels  



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.

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.

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).