Stolen Bases : 1968 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)
 

1968 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Lou Brock 62 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Maury Wills 52 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Willie Davis 36 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Hank Aaron 28 Atlanta Braves 4
Cleon Jones 23 New York Mets 5
Tony Taylor 22 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Matty Alou 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Freddie Patek 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vada Pinson 17 Cincinnati Reds 9
Bobby Bonds 16 San Francisco Giants 10
Sonny Jackson 16 Atlanta Braves  
Alex Johnson 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Tommie Agee 13 New York Mets 13
Gene Alley 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Felipe Alou 12 Atlanta Braves 15
Willie Mays 12 San Francisco Giants  
Curt Flood 11 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Jimmy Wynn 11 Houston Astros  
Donn Clendenon 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Julian Javier 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Kessinger 9 Chicago Cubs 21
Adolfo Phillips 9 Chicago Cubs  
Bobby Tolan 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Glenn Beckert 8 Chicago Cubs 24
Johnny Briggs 8 Philadelphia Phillies  



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?

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.
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