Stolen Bases : 1914 Federal League Top 25

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"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)
 

1914 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the Federal League

Benny Kauff 75 Indianapolis Hoosiers 1
Bill McKechnie 47 Indianapolis Hoosiers 2
Hap Myers 43 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 3
Chet Chadbourne 42 Kansas City Packers 4
Max Flack 37 Chicago Whales 5
Charlie Hanford 37 Buffalo Buffeds  
Bill Kenworthy 37 Kansas City Packers  
Tom Downey 35 Buffalo Buffeds 8
Baldy Louden 35 Buffalo Buffeds  
Rollie Zeider 35 Chicago Whales  
Solly Hofman 34 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 11
Mickey Doolan 30 Baltimore Terrapins 12
Frank Delahanty 28 Buffalo Buffeds 13
Pittsburgh Rebels  
Rebel Oakes 28 Pittsburgh Rebels  
Vin Campbell 26 Indianapolis Hoosiers 15
Claude Cooper 25 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 16
Jimmy Esmond 25 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Al Shaw 24 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 18
Fred Smith 24 Buffalo Buffeds  
Grover Gilmore 23 Kansas City Packers 20
Benny Meyer 23 Baltimore Terrapins  
Joe Agler 21 Buffalo Buffeds 22
Dutch Zwilling 21 Chicago Whales  
Tex McDonald 20 Pittsburgh Rebels 24
Buffalo Buffeds  
Jack Tobin 20 St. Louis Terriers  



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

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.