Stolen Bases : 1917 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1917 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 46 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
George Burns 40 New York Giants 2
Benny Kauff 30 New York Giants 3
Rabbit Maranville 27 Boston Braves 4
Doug Baird 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
St. Louis Cardinals  
Greasy Neale 25 Cincinnati Reds 6
Jack Smith 25 St. Louis Cardinals  
Milt Stock 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
George Cutshaw 22 Brooklyn Robins 9
Hal Chase 21 Cincinnati Reds 10
Joe Kelly 21 Boston Braves  
Tom Long 21 St. Louis Cardinals  
Edd Roush 21 Cincinnati Reds  
Carson Bigbee 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Dode Paskert 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Casey Stengel 18 Brooklyn Robins 16
Max Flack 17 Chicago Cubs 17
Rogers Hornsby 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Larry Kopf 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Dave Robertson 17 New York Giants  
Rollie Zeider 17 Chicago Cubs  
Walton Cruise 16 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Jimmy Johnston 16 Brooklyn Robins  
Ed Konetchy 16 Boston Braves  
Red Smith 16 Boston Braves  



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.

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?

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