Stolen Bases : 1896 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)
 

1896 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Kelley 87 Baltimore Orioles 1
Bill Lange 84 Chicago Colts 2
Billy Hamilton 83 Boston Beaneaters 3
Dusty Miller 76 Cincinnati Reds 4
Jack Doyle 73 Baltimore Orioles 5
Hughie Jennings 70 Baltimore Orioles 6
Willie Keeler 67 Baltimore Orioles 7
Jake Stenzel 57 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Eddie Burke 53 Cincinnati Reds 9
Bill Dahlen 51 Chicago Colts 10
Dummy Hoy 50 Cincinnati Reds 11
Kip Selbach 49 Washington Senators 12
George Davis 48 New York Giants 13
Patsy Donovan 48 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bid McPhee 48 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Everitt 46 Chicago Colts 16
Kid Gleason 46 New York Giants  
Bill Joyce 45 Washington Senators 18
New York Giants  
Buck Ewing 41 Cincinnati Reds 19
Monte Cross 40 St. Louis Browns 20
Tommy Dowd 40 St. Louis Browns  
Hugh Duffy 39 Boston Beaneaters 22
George Van Haltren 39 New York Giants  
Jim Donnelly 38 Baltimore Orioles 24
John Anderson 37 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 25



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.

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?