Stolen Bases : 1894 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1894 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Billy Hamilton 98 Philadelphia Phillies 1
John McGraw 78 Baltimore Orioles 2
Walt Wilmot 74 Chicago Colts 3
Tom Brown 66 Louisville Colonels 4
Bill Lange 65 Chicago Colts 5
Jake Stenzel 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Arlie Latham 59 Cincinnati Reds 7
Tom Daly 51 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 8
Hugh Duffy 48 Boston Beaneaters 9
Jimmy Bannon 47 Boston Beaneaters 10
Joe Kelley 46 Baltimore Orioles 11
Tommy McCarthy 43 Boston Beaneaters 12
George Van Haltren 43 New York Giants  
Steve Brodie 42 Baltimore Orioles 14
Bill Dahlen 42 Chicago Colts  
Jack Doyle 42 New York Giants  
Patsy Donovan 41 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Piggy Ward 41 Washington Senators  
George Davis 40 New York Giants 19
Mike Griffin 39 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 20
John Ward 39 New York Giants  
Dan Brouthers 38 Baltimore Orioles 22
Hughie Jennings 37 Baltimore Orioles 23
Bill Hallman 36 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Charlie Irwin 35 Chicago Colts 25



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.

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).

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