Stolen Bases : 1924 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1924 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 49 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Kiki Cuyler 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Cliff Heathcote 26 Chicago Cubs 3
Jack Smith 24 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Pie Traynor 24 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Babe Pinelli 23 Cincinnati Reds 6
Frankie Frisch 22 New York Giants 7
George Grantham 21 Chicago Cubs 8
Hughie Critz 19 Cincinnati Reds 9
Bernie Friberg 19 Chicago Cubs  
Rabbit Maranville 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Edd Roush 17 Cincinnati Reds 12
Sparky Adams 15 Chicago Cubs 13
Carson Bigbee 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Glenn Wright 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Jigger Statz 13 Chicago Cubs 16
Casey Stengel 13 Boston Braves  
Jimmy Cooney 12 St. Louis Cardinals 18
George Harper 11 Cincinnati Reds 19
Philadelphia Phillies  
Irish Meusel 11 New York Giants  
Cotton Tierney 11 Boston Braves  
Ross Youngs 11 New York Giants  
Howard Freigau 10 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Denver Grigsby 10 Chicago Cubs  
Gabby Hartnett 10 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.

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).