Stolen Bases : 1906 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1906 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frank Chance 57 Chicago Cubs 1
Sherry Magee 55 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Art Devlin 54 New York Giants 3
Honus Wagner 53 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Johnny Evers 49 Chicago Cubs 5
Miller Huggins 41 Cincinnati Reds 6
Billy Maloney 38 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Harry Lumley 35 Brooklyn Superbas 8
Spike Shannon 33 St. Louis Cardinals 9
New York Giants  
George Browne 32 New York Giants 10
Sam Mertes 31 New York Giants 11
St. Louis Cardinals  
Dan McGann 30 New York Giants 12
Jimmy Sheckard 30 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Tinker 30 Chicago Cubs  
Cy Seymour 29 Cincinnati Reds 15
New York Giants  
Harry Steinfeldt 29 Chicago Cubs  
Roger Bresnahan 25 New York Giants 17
Wildfire Schulte 25 Chicago Cubs  
Jimmy Slagle 25 Chicago Cubs  
Doc Casey 22 Brooklyn Superbas 20
Billy Gilbert 22 New York Giants  
Roy Thomas 22 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Delahanty 21 Cincinnati Reds 23
Tommy Leach 21 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Sammy Strang 21 New York Giants  



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.

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.

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).