Stolen Bases : 1986 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1986 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Vince Coleman 107 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Eric Davis 80 Cincinnati Reds 2
Tim Raines 70 Montreal Expos 3
Mariano Duncan 48 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Bill Doran 42 Houston Astros 5
Juan Samuel 42 Philadelphia Phillies  
Steve Sax 40 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Billy Hatcher 38 Houston Astros 8
Tony Gwynn 37 San Diego Padres 9
Barry Bonds 36 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Mitch Webster 36 Montreal Expos  
Ryne Sandberg 34 Chicago Cubs 12
Lenny Dykstra 31 New York Mets 13
Ozzie Smith 31 St. Louis Cardinals  
Darryl Strawberry 28 New York Mets 15
Bob Dernier 27 Chicago Cubs 16
Dan Gladden 27 San Francisco Giants  
Davey Lopes 25 Chicago Cubs 18
Houston Astros  
Gary Redus 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mookie Wilson 25 New York Mets  
Von Hayes 24 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Joe Orsulak 24 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Terry Pendleton 24 St. Louis Cardinals  
Kevin Bass 22 Houston Astros 24
Tom Herr 22 St. Louis Cardinals  



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

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.

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.