Stolen Bases : 1891 National 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1891 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Billy Hamilton 111 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Arlie Latham 87 Cincinnati Reds 2
Mike Griffin 65 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3
Herman Long 60 Boston Beaneaters 4
Harry Stovey 57 Boston Beaneaters 5
John Ward 57 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Ned Hanlon 54 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Mike Tiernan 53 New York Giants 8
Jimmy McAleer 51 Cleveland Spiders 9
Dave Foutz 48 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 10
George Pinkney 44 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 11
Bobby Lowe 43 Boston Beaneaters 12
George Davis 42 Cleveland Spiders 13
Walt Wilmot 42 Chicago Colts  
Fred Pfeffer 40 Chicago Colts 15
Cupid Childs 39 Cleveland Spiders 16
Doggie Miller 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Bid McPhee 33 Cincinnati Reds 18
Hub Collins 32 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 19
Cliff Carroll 31 Chicago Colts 20
Darby O'Brien 31 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Bug Holliday 30 Cincinnati Reds 22
Jack Glasscock 29 New York Giants 23
Sam Thompson 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Billy Nash 28 Boston Beaneaters 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.

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.

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.