Top 25 Stolen Bases in 2001 in the American League

Stolen Bases : 2001 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)

2001 Stolen Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

Ichiro Suzuki 56 Seattle Mariners 1

Roger Cedeno 55 Detroit Tigers 2

Alfonso Soriano 43 New York Yankees 3

Mark McLemore 39 Seattle Mariners 4

Chuck Knoblauch 38 New York Yankees 5

Mike Cameron 34 Seattle Mariners 6

Jose Cruz, Jr. 32 Toronto Blue Jays 7

Carlos Beltran 31 Kansas City Royals 8

Luis Rivas 31 Minnesota Twins

Jason Tyner 31 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Roberto Alomar 30 Cleveland Indians 11

Raul Mondesi 30 Toronto Blue Jays

David Eckstein 29 Anaheim Angels 13

Jerry Hairston, Jr. 29 Baltimore Orioles

Johnny Damon 27 Oakland Athletics 15

Derek Jeter 27 New York Yankees

Corey Koskie 27 Minnesota Twins

Shannon Stewart 27 Toronto Blue Jays

Cristian Guzman 25 Minnesota Twins 19

Magglio Ordonez 25 Chicago White Sox

Darin Erstad 24 Anaheim Angels 21

Ray Durham 23 Chicago White Sox 22

Gabe Kapler 23 Texas Rangers

Paul O'Neill 22 New York Yankees 24

Jose Macias 21 Detroit Tigers 25

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

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.

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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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