Stolen Bases : 1926 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)
 

1926 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kiki Cuyler 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Sparky Adams 27 Chicago Cubs 2
Taylor Douthit 23 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Frankie Frisch 23 New York Giants  
Ross Youngs 21 New York Giants 5
Cliff Heathcote 18 Chicago Cubs 6
Doc Gautreau 17 Boston Braves 7
Heinie Mueller 15 St. Louis Cardinals 8
New York Giants  
Billy Southworth 14 New York Giants 9
St. Louis Cardinals  
William Marriott 12 Brooklyn Robins 10
Jimmy Cooney 11 Chicago Cubs 11
Freddie Lindstrom 11 New York Giants  
Jack Smith 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Boston Braves  
Paul Waner 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Max Carey 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Brooklyn Robins  
Hack Wilson 10 Chicago Cubs  
Les Bell 9 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Gus Felix 9 Brooklyn Robins  
Chick Fewster 9 Brooklyn Robins  
Clarence Huber 9 Philadelphia Phillies  
Eddie Moore 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Boston Braves  
Cuckoo Christensen 8 Cincinnati Reds 22
Babe Herman 8 Brooklyn Robins  
Wally Pipp 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Edd Roush 8 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.