Stolen Bases : 2008 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

2008 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jacoby Ellsbury 50 Boston Red Sox 1
B.J. Upton 44 Tampa Bay Rays 2
Ichiro Suzuki 43 Seattle Mariners 3
Brian Roberts 40 Baltimore Orioles 4
Grady Sizemore 38 Cleveland Indians 5
Chone Figgins 34 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6
Carlos Gomez 33 Minnesota Twins 7
Alex Rios 32 Toronto Blue Jays 8
Johnny Damon 29 New York Yankees 9
Ian Kinsler 26 Texas Rangers 10
Carl Crawford 25 Tampa Bay Rays 11
Rajai Davis 25 Oakland Athletics  
Bobby Abreu 22 New York Yankees 13
Joey Gathright 21 Kansas City Royals 14
Jason Bartlett 20 Tampa Bay Rays 15
Coco Crisp 20 Boston Red Sox  
Dustin Pedroia 20 Boston Red Sox  
Orlando Cabrera 19 Chicago White Sox 18
Torii Hunter 19 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Alex Rodriguez 18 New York Yankees 20
Denard Span 18 Minnesota Twins  
Nick Punto 15 Minnesota Twins 22
Willie Bloomquist 14 Seattle Mariners 23
Mark Ellis 14 Oakland Athletics  
Delmon Young 14 Minnesota Twins  



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).

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.

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.