Stolen Bases : 1998 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1998 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 66 Oakland Athletics 1
Kenny Lofton 54 Cleveland Indians 2
Shannon Stewart 51 Toronto Blue Jays 3
Alex Rodriguez 46 Seattle Mariners 4
Jose Offerman 45 Kansas City Royals 5
Brian Hunter 42 Detroit Tigers 6
Tom Goodwin 38 Texas Rangers 7
Otis Nixon 37 Minnesota Twins 8
Omar Vizquel 37 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Durham 36 Chicago White Sox 10
Shawn Green 35 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Chuck Knoblauch 31 New York Yankees 12
Derek Jeter 30 New York Yankees 13
Jose Canseco 29 Toronto Blue Jays 14
Darren Lewis 29 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Cameron 27 Chicago White Sox 16
Johnny Damon 26 Kansas City Royals 17
Randy Winn 26 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Mike Caruso 22 Chicago White Sox 19
Brady Anderson 21 Baltimore Orioles 20
Chad Curtis 21 New York Yankees  
Alex Gonzalez 21 Toronto Blue Jays  
Darin Erstad 20 Anaheim Angels 23
Ken Griffey, Jr. 20 Seattle Mariners  
Miguel Cairo 19 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 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).