Stolen Bases : 1991 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1991 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Marquis Grissom 76 Montreal Expos 1
Otis Nixon 72 Atlanta Braves 2
Delino DeShields 56 Montreal Expos 3
Ray Lankford 44 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Barry Bonds 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Brett Butler 38 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Vince Coleman 37 New York Mets 7
Ozzie Smith 35 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Steve Finley 34 Houston Astros 9
Ron Gant 34 Atlanta Braves  
Ivan Calderon 31 Montreal Expos 11
Howard Johnson 30 New York Mets 12
Ced Landrum 27 Chicago Cubs 13
Gregg Jefferies 26 New York Mets 14
Bip Roberts 26 San Diego Padres  
Lenny Dykstra 24 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Barry Larkin 24 Cincinnati Reds  
Tony Fernandez 23 San Diego Padres 18
Juan Samuel 23 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Ryne Sandberg 22 Chicago Cubs 20
Shawon Dunston 21 Chicago Cubs 21
Mike Felder 21 San Francisco Giants  
Felix Jose 20 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Craig Biggio 19 Houston Astros 24
Chris Sabo 19 Cincinnati Reds  



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).

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.