Stolen Bases : 1951 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1951 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Jethroe 35 Boston Braves 1
Richie Ashburn 29 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jackie Robinson 25 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Pee Wee Reese 20 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Earl Torgeson 20 Boston Braves  
Randy Jackson 14 Chicago Cubs 6
Duke Snider 14 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Al Dark 12 New York Giants 8
Monte Irvin 12 New York Giants  
Eddie Miksis 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Chicago Cubs  
Connie Ryan 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Granny Hamner 10 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Gil Hodges 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Carl Furillo 8 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Hal Jeffcoat 8 Chicago Cubs  
Lloyd Merriman 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Eddie Stanky 8 New York Giants  
Roy Hartsfield 7 Boston Braves 18
Solly Hemus 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Willie Mays 7 New York Giants  
Enos Slaughter 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Willie Jones 6 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Ted Kluszewski 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Baumholtz 5 Chicago Cubs 24
Billy Cox 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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