Stolen Bases : 1974 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1974 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lou Brock 118 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Davey Lopes 59 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Joe Morgan 58 Cincinnati Reds 3
Cesar Cedeno 57 Houston Astros 4
Larry Lintz 50 Montreal Expos 5
Bobby Bonds 41 San Francisco Giants 6
Dave Concepcion 41 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Bowa 39 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Enzo Hernandez 37 San Diego Padres 9
Bill Buckner 31 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Bake McBride 30 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Ralph Garr 26 Atlanta Braves 12
Willie Davis 25 Montreal Expos 13
Jose Cardenal 23 Chicago Cubs 14
Mike Schmidt 23 Philadelphia Phillies  
Garry Maddox 21 San Francisco Giants 16
Dave Cash 20 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Dusty Baker 18 Atlanta Braves 18
Jimmy Wynn 18 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Gene Clines 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Bill Russell 14 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Frank Taveras 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Greg Gross 12 Houston Astros 23
Bill Madlock 11 Chicago Cubs 24
Gary Matthews 11 San Francisco Giants  



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.

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