Stolen Bases : 1892 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:

"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)
 

1892 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Ward 88 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1
Tom Brown 78 Louisville Colonels 2
Arlie Latham 66 Cincinnati Reds 3
Bill Dahlen 60 Chicago Colts 4
Dummy Hoy 60 Washington Senators  
Billy Hamilton 57 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Herman Long 57 Boston Beaneaters  
Darby O'Brien 57 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Patsy Donovan 56 Washington Senators 9
Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Van Haltren 55 Baltimore Orioles 10
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tommy McCarthy 53 Boston Beaneaters 11
Hugh Duffy 51 Boston Beaneaters 12
Tommy Dowd 49 Washington Senators 13
Mike Griffin 49 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Jack Doyle 47 Cleveland Spiders 15
New York Giants  
Eddie Burke 44 Cincinnati Reds 16
New York Giants  
Bid McPhee 44 Cincinnati Reds  
Bug Holliday 43 Cincinnati Reds 18
Buck Ewing 42 New York Giants 19
Jimmy McAleer 40 Cleveland Spiders 20
Harry Stovey 40 Boston Beaneaters  
Baltimore Orioles  
Tommy Corcoran 39 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 22
Shorty Fuller 37 New York Giants 23
Jesse Burkett 36 Cleveland Spiders 24
George Davis 36 Cleveland Spiders  



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?

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).

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.