Stolen Bases : 1978 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)
 

1978 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Omar Moreno 71 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Frank Taveras 46 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Davey Lopes 45 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Ivan DeJesus 41 Chicago Cubs 4
Ozzie Smith 40 San Diego Padres 5
Jose Cruz 37 Houston Astros 6
Gene Richards 37 San Diego Padres  
Garry Templeton 34 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Enos Cabell 33 Houston Astros 9
Garry Maddox 33 Philadelphia Phillies  
Terry Puhl 32 Houston Astros 11
Andre Dawson 28 Montreal Expos 12
Dan Driessen 28 Cincinnati Reds  
Bake McBride 28 Philadelphia Phillies  
Larry Bowa 27 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Phil Garner 27 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy North 27 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jerry Royster 27 Atlanta Braves  
Rodney Scott 27 Chicago Cubs  
John Stearns 25 New York Mets 20
Cesar Cedeno 23 Houston Astros 21
Dave Concepcion 23 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Griffey 23 Cincinnati Reds  
Dave Winfield 21 San Diego Padres 24
Lee Mazzilli 20 New York Mets 25



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.

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