Stolen Bases : 1987 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
 

1987 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Vince Coleman 109 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Tony Gwynn 56 San Diego Padres 2
Billy Hatcher 53 Houston Astros 3
Eric Davis 50 Cincinnati Reds 4
Tim Raines 50 Montreal Expos  
Milt Thompson 46 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Ozzie Smith 43 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Gerald Perry 42 Atlanta Braves 8
Steve Sax 37 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Darryl Strawberry 36 New York Mets 10
Juan Samuel 35 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Stan Jefferson 34 San Diego Padres 12
Andy Van Slyke 34 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Albert Hall 33 Atlanta Braves 14
Mitch Webster 33 Montreal Expos  
Barry Bonds 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Howard Johnson 32 New York Mets  
Bill Doran 31 Houston Astros 18
Tracy Jones 31 Cincinnati Reds  
Herm Winningham 29 Montreal Expos 20
Lenny Dykstra 27 New York Mets 21
Kal Daniels 26 Cincinnati Reds 22
Gerald Young 26 Houston Astros  
Kevin Bass 21 Houston Astros 24
John Cangelosi 21 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.

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).