Stolen Bases : 1920 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)
 

1920 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 52 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Edd Roush 36 Cincinnati Reds 2
Frankie Frisch 34 New York Giants 3
Carson Bigbee 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Greasy Neale 29 Cincinnati Reds 5
Jack Fournier 26 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Billy Southworth 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
George Burns 22 New York Giants 8
Cliff Heathcote 21 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Charlie Hollocher 20 Chicago Cubs 10
Jimmy Johnston 19 Brooklyn Robins 11
Tony Boeckel 18 Boston Braves 12
Pat Duncan 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Cy Williams 18 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ross Youngs 18 New York Giants  
George Cutshaw 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Irish Meusel 17 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dave Robertson 17 Chicago Cubs  
Heinie Groh 16 Cincinnati Reds 19
Dode Paskert 16 Chicago Cubs  
Milt Stock 15 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Larry Kopf 14 Cincinnati Reds 22
Rabbit Maranville 14 Boston Braves  
Jack Smith 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Max Flack 13 Chicago Cubs 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.

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?

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.