Stolen Bases : 1949 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
 

1949 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jackie Robinson 37 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Pee Wee Reese 26 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Gene Hermanski 12 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Hal Jeffcoat 12 Chicago Cubs  
Whitey Lockman 12 New York Giants  
Duke Snider 12 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Gil Hodges 10 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Bobby Thomson 10 New York Giants  
Richie Ashburn 9 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Johnny Hopp 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Ramazzotti 9 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Chicago Cubs  
Red Schoendienst 8 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Johnny Wyrostek 7 Cincinnati Reds 13
Granny Hamner 6 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Ralph Kiner 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry Walker 6 Chicago Cubs  
Cincinnati Reds  
Wally Westlake 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Cox 5 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Al Dark 5 Boston Braves  
Tom Saffell 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hank Thompson 5 New York Giants  
Bobby Adams 4 Cincinnati Reds 22
Carl Furillo 4 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Grady Hatton 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Peanuts Lowrey 4 Chicago Cubs  
Cincinnati Reds  



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).

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.

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.