Stolen Bases : 1950 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)
 

1950 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Jethroe 35 Boston Braves 1
Pee Wee Reese 17 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Duke Snider 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Earl Torgeson 15 Boston Braves 4
Richie Ashburn 14 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Wayne Terwilliger 13 Chicago Cubs 6
Jackie Robinson 12 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Al Dark 9 New York Giants 8
Eddie Stanky 9 New York Giants  
Carl Furillo 8 Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Hank Thompson 8 New York Giants  
Bobby Adams 7 Cincinnati Reds 12
Roy Hartsfield 7 Boston Braves  
Johnny Hopp 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hal Jeffcoat 7 Chicago Cubs  
Danny O'Connell 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy Cox 6 Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Tommy Glaviano 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Grady Hatton 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Gil Hodges 6 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Lloyd Merriman 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Jones 5 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Stan Musial 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Gus Bell 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bob Dillinger 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.