Top 25 Stolen Bases in 1954 in the National League

Stolen Bases : 1954 National League Top 25

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"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)

1954 Stolen Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

Bill Bruton 34 Milwaukee Braves 1

Johnny Temple 21 Cincinnati Redlegs 2

Dee Fondy 20 Chicago Cubs 3

Wally Moon 18 St. Louis Cardinals 4

Richie Ashburn 11 Philadelphia Phillies 5

Eddie Mathews 10 Milwaukee Braves 6

Ray Jablonski 9 St. Louis Cardinals 7

Jim Gilliam 8 Brooklyn Dodgers 8

Don Hoak 8 Brooklyn Dodgers

Willie Mays 8 New York Giants

Pee Wee Reese 8 Brooklyn Dodgers

Rip Repulski 8 St. Louis Cardinals

Chuck Harmon 7 Cincinnati Redlegs 13

Monte Irvin 7 New York Giants

Jackie Robinson 7 Brooklyn Dodgers

Earl Torgeson 7 Philadelphia Phillies

Ernie Banks 6 Chicago Cubs 17

Alex Grammas 6 St. Louis Cardinals

Curt Roberts 6 Pittsburgh Pirates

Duke Snider 6 Brooklyn Dodgers

Gus Bell 5 Cincinnati Redlegs 21

Al Dark 5 New York Giants

Solly Hemus 5 St. Louis Cardinals

Gene Baker 4 Chicago Cubs 24

Willie Jones 4 Philadelphia Phillies

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

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.

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).

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?

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