Stolen Bases : 1913 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1913 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Hap Myers 57 Boston Braves 2
Hans Lobert 41 Philadelphia Phillies 3
George Burns 40 New York Giants 4
George Cutshaw 39 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Bob Bescher 38 Cincinnati Reds 6
Larry Doyle 38 New York Giants  
Armando Marsans 37 Cincinnati Reds 8
Fred Merkle 35 New York Giants 9
Red Murray 35 New York Giants  
Art Fletcher 32 New York Giants 11
Tillie Shafer 32 New York Giants  
Ed Konetchy 27 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Fred Snodgrass 27 New York Giants  
Vic Saier 26 Chicago Cubs 15
Jake Daubert 25 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Rabbit Maranville 25 Boston Braves  
Heinie Groh 24 New York Giants 18
Cincinnati Reds  
Josh DeVore 23 New York Giants 19
Cincinnati Reds  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Cozy Dolan 23 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Buck Herzog 23 New York Giants  
Miller Huggins 23 St. Louis Cardinals  
Lee Magee 23 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sherry Magee 23 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mike Mitchell 23 Chicago Cubs  
Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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