Stolen Bases : 1991 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
 

1991 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 58 Oakland Athletics 1
Roberto Alomar 53 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Tim Raines 51 Chicago White Sox 3
Luis Polonia 48 California Angels 4
Milt Cuyler 41 Detroit Tigers 5
Julio Franco 36 Texas Rangers 6
Devon White 33 Toronto Blue Jays 7
Roberto Kelly 32 New York Yankees 8
Steve Sax 31 New York Yankees 9
Gary Pettis 29 Texas Rangers 10
Harold Reynolds 28 Seattle Mariners 11
Alex Cole 27 Cleveland Indians 12
Jose Canseco 26 Oakland Athletics 13
Lance Johnson 26 Chicago White Sox  
Chuck Knoblauch 25 Minnesota Twins 15
Greg Briley 23 Seattle Mariners 16
Ozzie Guillen 21 Chicago White Sox 17
Joe Carter 20 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Brian McRae 20 Kansas City Royals  
Willie Wilson 20 Oakland Athletics  
Paul Molitor 19 Milwaukee Brewers 21
Kirk Gibson 18 Kansas City Royals 22
Ken Griffey, Jr. 18 Seattle Mariners  
Terry Shumpert 17 Kansas City Royals 24
Henry Cotto 16 Seattle Mariners 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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).