Stolen Bases : 1996 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1996 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Eric Young 53 Colorado Rockies 1
Lance Johnson 50 New York Mets 2
Delino DeShields 48 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Barry Bonds 40 San Francisco Giants 4
Al Martin 38 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Rickey Henderson 37 San Diego Padres 6
Brian McRae 37 Chicago Cubs  
Barry Larkin 36 Cincinnati Reds 8
Brian Hunter 35 Houston Astros 9
Ray Lankford 35 St. Louis Cardinals  
Royce Clayton 33 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Mark Grudzielanek 33 Montreal Expos  
Ellis Burks 32 Colorado Rockies 13
Dante Bichette 31 Colorado Rockies 14
Derek Bell 29 Houston Astros 15
Marquis Grissom 28 Atlanta Braves 16
Mickey Morandini 26 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Marvin Benard 25 San Francisco Giants 18
Craig Biggio 25 Houston Astros  
Reggie Sanders 24 Cincinnati Reds 20
Eric Davis 23 Cincinnati Reds 21
Mike Lansing 23 Montreal Expos  
Steve Finley 22 San Diego Padres 23
Brian Jordan 22 St. Louis Cardinals  
Devon White 22 Florida Marlins  



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).

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.

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.