Stolen Bases : 1942 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1942 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pete Reiser 20 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Nanny Fernandez 15 Boston Braves 2
Pee Wee Reese 15 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Hopp 14 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Lennie Merullo 14 Chicago Cubs  
Danny Murtaugh 13 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Eddie Miller 11 Boston Braves 7
Gee Walker 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Barrett 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Dolph Camilli 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Vince DiMaggio 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Terry Moore 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mickey Owen 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Lonny Frey 9 Cincinnati Reds 14
Stan Hack 9 Chicago Cubs  
Eddie Joost 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Enos Slaughter 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Werber 9 New York Giants  
Marty Marion 8 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Bill Nicholson 8 Chicago Cubs  
Arky Vaughan 8 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Phil Cavarretta 7 Chicago Cubs 22
Whitey Kurowski 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Clyde McCullough 7 Chicago Cubs  
Bert Haas 6 Cincinnati Reds 25



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).

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.