Stolen Bases : 1928 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1928 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kiki Cuyler 37 Chicago Cubs 1
Frankie Frisch 29 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Fresco Thompson 19 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Curt Walker 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Max Carey 18 Brooklyn Robins 5
Hughie Critz 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Denny Sothern 17 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Harvey Hendrick 16 Brooklyn Robins 8
Freddie Lindstrom 15 New York Giants 9
Billy Zitzmann 13 Cincinnati Reds 10
Pie Traynor 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Jimmie Wilson 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Taylor Douthit 11 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Lance Richbourg 11 Boston Braves  
George Sisler 11 Boston Braves  
Jim Bottomley 10 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Chuck Dressen 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Jake Flowers 10 Brooklyn Robins  
George Grantham 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Lefty O'Doul 9 New York Giants  
Sparky Adams 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Chick Hafey 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Travis Jackson 8 New York Giants  
Riggs Stephenson 8 Chicago Cubs  
Lloyd Waner 8 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).

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.

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.