Top 25 Stolen Bases in 1959 in the National League

Stolen Bases : 1959 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)

1959 Stolen Bases Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

Willie Mays 27 San Francisco Giants 1

Orlando Cepeda 23 San Francisco Giants 2

Jim Gilliam 23 Los Angeles Dodgers

Tony Taylor 23 Chicago Cubs

Vada Pinson 21 Cincinnati Reds 5

Frank Robinson 18 Cincinnati Reds 6

Charlie Neal 17 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Don Blasingame 15 St. Louis Cardinals 8

Wally Moon 15 Los Angeles Dodgers

Bill White 15 St. Louis Cardinals

Johnny Temple 14 Cincinnati Reds 11

Bill Bruton 13 Milwaukee Braves 12

Ken Boyer 12 St. Louis Cardinals 13

Jackie Brandt 11 San Francisco Giants 14

Bob Skinner 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 15

Richie Ashburn 9 Philadelphia Phillies 16

Don Hoak 9 Pittsburgh Pirates

Hank Aaron 8 Milwaukee Braves 18

Gene Freese 8 Philadelphia Phillies

Gino Cimoli 7 St. Louis Cardinals 20

Joe Koppe 7 Philadelphia Phillies

Johnny Roseboro 7 Los Angeles Dodgers

Bill Virdon 7 Pittsburgh Pirates

Maury Wills 7 Los Angeles Dodgers

Sparky Anderson 6 Philadelphia Phillies 25

Name Stolen Bases Team Rank

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

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.

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?

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