Top 25 Stolen Bases in 1944 in the National League

Stolen Bases : 1944 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)

1944 Stolen Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

Johnny Barrett 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Tony Lupien 18 Philadelphia Phillies 2

Roy Hughes 16 Chicago Cubs 3

Johnny Hopp 15 St. Louis Cardinals 4

Buddy Kerr 14 New York Giants 5

Connie Ryan 13 Boston Braves 6

Pete Coscarart 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Luis Olmo 10 Brooklyn Dodgers

Bob Elliott 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Eddie Miller 9 Cincinnati Reds

Dain Clay 8 Cincinnati Reds 11

Frankie Gustine 8 Pittsburgh Pirates

Don Johnson 8 Chicago Cubs

Johnny Rucker 8 New York Giants

Max Macon 7 Boston Braves 15

Frank McCormick 7 Cincinnati Reds

Stan Musial 7 St. Louis Cardinals

Gee Walker 7 Cincinnati Reds

Woody Williams 7 Cincinnati Reds

Vince DiMaggio 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 20

Jim Russell 6 Pittsburgh Pirates

Howie Schultz 6 Brooklyn Dodgers

Dixie Walker 6 Brooklyn Dodgers

Frankie Zak 6 Pittsburgh Pirates

Stan Hack 5 Chicago Cubs 25

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

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.

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