Stolen Bases : 1972 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1972 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lou Brock 63 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Joe Morgan 58 Cincinnati Reds 2
Cesar Cedeno 55 Houston Astros 3
Bobby Bonds 44 San Francisco Giants 4
Bobby Tolan 42 Cincinnati Reds 5
Jose Cardenal 25 Chicago Cubs 6
Ralph Garr 25 Atlanta Braves  
Enzo Hernandez 24 San Diego Padres 8
Roger Metzger 23 Houston Astros 9
Willie Davis 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Larry Bowa 17 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Jimmy Wynn 17 Houston Astros  
Tito Fuentes 16 San Francisco Giants 13
Dave Kingman 16 San Francisco Giants  
Nate Colbert 15 San Diego Padres 15
Vic Davalillo 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Ken Henderson 14 San Francisco Giants  
Bill Russell 14 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dave Concepcion 13 Cincinnati Reds 19
Garry Maddox 13 San Francisco Giants  
Gene Clines 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Bud Harrelson 12 New York Mets  
Mike Jorgensen 12 Montreal Expos  
Rick Monday 12 Chicago Cubs  
Matty Alou 11 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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).

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.

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.