Stolen Bases : 1945 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
 

1945 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Red Schoendienst 26 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Barrett 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Dain Clay 19 Cincinnati Reds 3
Tommy Holmes 15 Boston Braves 4
Luis Olmo 15 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Jim Russell 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Hopp 14 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Augie Galan 13 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Carden Gillenwater 13 Boston Braves  
Vince DiMaggio 12 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Al Gionfriddo 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Stan Hack 12 Chicago Cubs  
Peanuts Lowrey 11 Chicago Cubs 13
Butch Nieman 11 Boston Braves  
Eric Tipton 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Don Johnson 9 Chicago Cubs 16
Phil Masi 9 Boston Braves  
Chuck Workman 9 Boston Braves  
Frankie Gustine 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Gee Walker 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Frenchy Bordagaray 7 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Dick Culler 7 Boston Braves  
Lee Handley 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Hart 7 Brooklyn Dodgers  
George Hausmann 7 New York Giants  



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.

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.