Stolen Bases : 1921 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)
 

1921 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frankie Frisch 49 New York Giants 1
Max Carey 37 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Jimmy Johnston 28 Brooklyn Robins 3
Sam Bohne 26 Cincinnati Reds 4
Rabbit Maranville 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Heinie Groh 22 Cincinnati Reds 6
Billy Southworth 22 Boston Braves  
Carson Bigbee 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Ross Youngs 21 New York Giants  
Tony Boeckel 20 Boston Braves 10
Jack Fournier 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Burns 19 New York Giants 12
Edd Roush 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Dave Bancroft 17 New York Giants 14
Max Flack 17 Chicago Cubs  
George Maisel 17 Chicago Cubs  
George Cutshaw 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Rogers Hornsby 13 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Irish Meusel 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
New York Giants  
Jake Daubert 12 Cincinnati Reds 20
Greasy Neale 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cincinnati Reds  
Walter Barbare 11 Boston Braves 22
Jack Smith 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Milt Stock 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Zack Wheat 11 Brooklyn Robins  



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?

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