Stolen Bases : 1963 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
 

1963 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Maury Wills 40 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Hank Aaron 31 Milwaukee Braves 2
Vada Pinson 27 Cincinnati Reds 3
Frank Robinson 26 Cincinnati Reds 4
Willie Davis 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Lou Brock 24 Chicago Cubs 6
Tony Taylor 23 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Donn Clendenon 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Jim Gilliam 19 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Julian Javier 18 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Curt Flood 17 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Tommy Davis 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Lee Maye 14 Milwaukee Braves 13
George Altman 13 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Tony Gonzalez 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pete Rose 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Roberto Clemente 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Tommy Harper 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Felipe Alou 11 San Francisco Giants 19
Bob Bailey 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Jose Pagan 10 San Francisco Giants  
Bill White 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Callison 8 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Orlando Cepeda 8 San Francisco Giants  
Ken Hubbs 8 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.