Stolen Bases : 1916 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1916 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 63 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Benny Kauff 40 New York Giants 2
Bob Bescher 39 St. Louis Cardinals 3
George Burns 37 New York Giants 4
Buck Herzog 34 Cincinnati Reds 5
New York Giants  
Rabbit Maranville 32 Boston Braves 6
Possum Whitted 29 Philadelphia Phillies 7
George Cutshaw 27 Brooklyn Robins 8
Max Flack 24 Chicago Cubs 9
Jack Smith 24 St. Louis Cardinals  
Heinie Zimmerman 24 Chicago Cubs  
New York Giants  
Bruno Betzel 22 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Hal Chase 22 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Johnston 22 Brooklyn Robins  
Dode Paskert 22 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jake Daubert 21 Brooklyn Robins 16
Tom Long 21 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave Robertson 21 New York Giants  
Milt Stock 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
Doug Baird 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Bert Niehoff 20 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vic Saier 20 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Doyle 19 New York Giants 23
Chicago Cubs  
Fred Merkle 19 New York Giants  
Brooklyn Robins  
Edd Roush 19 New York Giants  
Cincinnati Reds  



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).

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.