Stolen Bases : 1979 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1979 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Omar Moreno 77 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Billy North 58 San Francisco Giants 2
Davey Lopes 44 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Frank Taveras 44 Pittsburgh Pirates  
New York Mets  
Rodney Scott 39 Montreal Expos 5
Enos Cabell 37 Houston Astros 6
Tony Scott 37 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jose Cruz 36 Houston Astros 8
Andre Dawson 35 Montreal Expos 9
Jerry Royster 35 Atlanta Braves  
Lee Mazzilli 34 New York Mets 11
Bill Madlock 32 San Francisco Giants 12
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cesar Cedeno 30 Houston Astros 13
Terry Puhl 30 Houston Astros  
Joe Morgan 28 Cincinnati Reds 15
Ozzie Smith 28 San Diego Padres  
Garry Maddox 26 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Garry Templeton 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bake McBride 25 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Ivan DeJesus 24 Chicago Cubs 20
Gene Richards 24 San Diego Padres  
Jeffrey Leonard 23 Houston Astros 22
Lou Brock 21 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Larry Bowa 20 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Dave Parker 20 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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.