Stolen Bases : 1983 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1983 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Raines 90 Montreal Expos 1
Alan Wiggins 66 San Diego Padres 2
Steve Sax 56 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Mookie Wilson 54 New York Mets 4
Lonnie Smith 43 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Eddie Milner 41 Cincinnati Reds 6
Brett Butler 39 Atlanta Braves 7
Johnnie LeMaster 39 San Francisco Giants  
Willie McGee 39 St. Louis Cardinals  
Gary Redus 39 Cincinnati Reds  
Ryne Sandberg 37 Chicago Cubs 11
Bob Dernier 35 Philadelphia Phillies 12
David Green 34 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Ozzie Smith 34 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dickie Thon 34 Houston Astros  
Lee Lacy 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Claudell Washington 31 Atlanta Braves  
Jose Cruz 30 Houston Astros 18
Ken Landreaux 30 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Omar Moreno 30 Houston Astros  
Dale Murphy 30 Atlanta Braves  
Bobby Brown 27 San Diego Padres 22
Jeffrey Leonard 26 San Francisco Giants 23
Andre Dawson 25 Montreal Expos 24
Terry Puhl 24 Houston Astros 25



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.

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.

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