Stolen Bases : 1908 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)
 

1908 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 53 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Red Murray 48 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hans Lobert 47 Cincinnati Reds 3
Sherry Magee 40 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Johnny Evers 36 Chicago Cubs 5
Kitty Bransfield 30 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Mike Donlin 30 New York Giants  
Miller Huggins 30 Cincinnati Reds  
John Kane 30 Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Tinker 30 Chicago Cubs  
Frank Chance 27 Chicago Cubs 11
Eddie Grant 27 Philadelphia Phillies  
Otto Knabe 27 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Titus 27 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Bates 25 Boston Doves 15
Dode Paskert 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Clarke 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Tommy Leach 24 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry Pattee 24 Brooklyn Superbas  
Ed Abbaticchio 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Al Bridwell 20 New York Giants 21
Red Dooin 20 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Hummel 20 Brooklyn Superbas  
Art Devlin 19 New York Giants 24
Mike Mitchell 18 Cincinnati Reds 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.

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.

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.