Stolen Bases : 2000 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

2000 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Damon 46 Kansas City Royals 1
Roberto Alomar 39 Cleveland Indians 2
Delino DeShields 37 Baltimore Orioles 3
Rickey Henderson 31 Seattle Mariners 4
Kenny Lofton 30 Cleveland Indians 5
Mark McLemore 30 Seattle Mariners  
Miguel Cairo 28 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7
Darin Erstad 28 Anaheim Angels  
Cristian Guzman 28 Minnesota Twins  
Ray Durham 25 Chicago White Sox 10
Mike Cameron 24 Seattle Mariners 11
Matt Lawton 23 Minnesota Twins 12
Derek Jeter 22 New York Yankees 13
Adam Kennedy 22 Anaheim Angels  
Raul Mondesi 22 Toronto Blue Jays  
Chris Singleton 22 Chicago White Sox  
Omar Vizquel 22 Cleveland Indians  
Shannon Stewart 20 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Jose Valentin 19 Chicago White Sox 19
Magglio Ordonez 18 Chicago White Sox 20
Carlos Febles 17 Kansas City Royals 21
Brady Anderson 16 Baltimore Orioles 22
Juan Encarnacion 16 Detroit Tigers  
Jose Cruz, Jr. 15 Toronto Blue Jays 24
Bobby Higginson 15 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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

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.