Stolen Bases : 1990 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)
 

1990 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Vince Coleman 77 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Eric Yelding 64 Houston Astros 2
Barry Bonds 52 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Brett Butler 51 San Francisco Giants 4
Otis Nixon 50 Montreal Expos 5
Tim Raines 49 Montreal Expos 6
Bip Roberts 46 San Diego Padres 7
Delino DeShields 42 Montreal Expos 8
Juan Samuel 38 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Howard Johnson 34 New York Mets 10
Lenny Dykstra 33 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Ron Gant 33 Atlanta Braves  
Ozzie Smith 32 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Billy Hatcher 30 Cincinnati Reds 14
Barry Larkin 30 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie McGee 28 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Kirk Gibson 26 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Craig Biggio 25 Houston Astros 18
Shawon Dunston 25 Chicago Cubs  
Chris Sabo 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Ryne Sandberg 25 Chicago Cubs  
Milt Thompson 25 St. Louis Cardinals  
Roberto Alomar 24 San Diego Padres 23
Bill Doran 23 Houston Astros 24
Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Carter 22 San Diego Padres 25



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.

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?