Stolen Bases : 1940 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1940 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Lonny Frey 22 Cincinnati Reds 1
Stan Hack 21 Chicago Cubs 2
Terry Moore 18 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Bill Werber 16 Cincinnati Reds 4
Pee Wee Reese 15 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Bob Elliott 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Ernie Koy 13 Brooklyn Dodgers  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Bama Rowell 12 Boston Bees 8
Arky Vaughan 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vince DiMaggio 11 Cincinnati Reds 10
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jimmy Brown 9 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Dolph Camilli 9 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Augie Galan 9 Chicago Cubs  
Ival Goodman 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Marty Marion 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Orengo 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Burgess Whitehead 9 New York Giants  
Mike McCormick 8 Cincinnati Reds 18
Eddie Miller 8 Boston Bees  
Enos Slaughter 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Frankie Gustine 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Lee Handley 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Mize 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jo-Jo Moore 7 New York Giants  
Al Lopez 6 Boston Bees 25
Pittsburgh Pirates  



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).

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.
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