Stolen Bases : 1923 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
 

1923 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Carey 51 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
George Grantham 43 Chicago Cubs 2
Cliff Heathcote 32 Chicago Cubs 3
Jack Smith 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Frankie Frisch 29 New York Giants 5
Jigger Statz 29 Chicago Cubs  
Pie Traynor 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Sparky Adams 20 Chicago Cubs 8
Sam Bohne 16 Cincinnati Reds 9
Jimmy Johnston 16 Brooklyn Robins  
Pat Duncan 15 Cincinnati Reds 11
George Kelly 14 New York Giants 12
Rabbit Maranville 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Southworth 14 Boston Braves  
Bernie Friberg 13 Chicago Cubs 15
Ross Youngs 13 New York Giants  
George Burns 12 Cincinnati Reds 17
Curt Walker 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tony Boeckel 11 Boston Braves 19
Jake Daubert 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Fournier 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Cy Williams 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Carson Bigbee 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Bob O'Farrell 10 Chicago Cubs  
Babe Pinelli 10 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.

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

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.