Stolen Bases : 1997 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1997 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Brian Hunter 74 Detroit Tigers 1
Chuck Knoblauch 62 Minnesota Twins 2
Tom Goodwin 50 Kansas City Royals 3
Texas Rangers  
Otis Nixon 47 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Omar Vizquel 43 Cleveland Indians 5
Ray Durham 33 Chicago White Sox 6
Alex Rodriguez 29 Seattle Mariners 7
Damion Easley 28 Detroit Tigers 8
Mike Cameron 23 Chicago White Sox 9
Darin Erstad 23 Anaheim Angels  
Derek Jeter 23 New York Yankees  
Gerald Williams 23 Milwaukee Brewers  
Luis Alicea 22 Anaheim Angels 13
Nomar Garciaparra 22 Boston Red Sox  
Marquis Grissom 22 Cleveland Indians  
Jeromy Burnitz 20 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Jeff Frye 19 Boston Red Sox 17
Jose Valentin 19 Milwaukee Brewers  
Brady Anderson 18 Baltimore Orioles 19
Damon Buford 18 Texas Rangers  
Bip Roberts 18 Kansas City Royals  
Cleveland Indians  
Rich Becker 17 Minnesota Twins 22
Johnny Damon 16 Kansas City Royals 23
Travis Fryman 16 Detroit Tigers  
Rickey Henderson 16 Anaheim 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.

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.
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