Stolen Bases : 1950 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
 

1950 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Jethroe 35 Boston Braves 1
Pee Wee Reese 17 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Duke Snider 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Earl Torgeson 15 Boston Braves 4
Richie Ashburn 14 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Wayne Terwilliger 13 Chicago Cubs 6
Jackie Robinson 12 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Al Dark 9 New York Giants 8
Eddie Stanky 9 New York Giants  
Carl Furillo 8 Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Hank Thompson 8 New York Giants  
Bobby Adams 7 Cincinnati Reds 12
Roy Hartsfield 7 Boston Braves  
Johnny Hopp 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hal Jeffcoat 7 Chicago Cubs  
Danny O'Connell 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Cox 6 Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Tommy Glaviano 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Grady Hatton 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Gil Hodges 6 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Lloyd Merriman 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Jones 5 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Stan Musial 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Gus Bell 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bob Dillinger 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.