Stolen Bases : 1904 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1904 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 53 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Bill Dahlen 47 New York Giants 2
Sam Mertes 47 New York Giants  
Frank Chance 42 Chicago Cubs 4
Dan McGann 42 New York Giants  
Joe Tinker 41 Chicago Cubs 6
Danny Shay 36 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Charlie Babb 34 Brooklyn Superbas 8
Spike Shannon 34 St. Louis Cardinals  
Art Devlin 33 New York Giants 10
Billy Gilbert 33 New York Giants  
Harry Lumley 30 Brooklyn Superbas 12
Fred Odwell 30 Cincinnati Reds  
Ginger Beaumont 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Jimmy Slagle 28 Chicago Cubs  
Roy Thomas 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Evers 26 Chicago Cubs 17
Ed Abbaticchio 24 Boston Beaneaters 18
George Browne 24 New York Giants  
Tommy Leach 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Homer Smoot 23 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike Donlin 22 Cincinnati Reds 22
New York Giants  
Mike McCormick 22 Brooklyn Superbas  
Doc Casey 21 Chicago Cubs 24
Jimmy Sheckard 21 Brooklyn Superbas  



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?

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).

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.