Stolen Bases : 1997 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)
 

1997 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tony Womack 60 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Deion Sanders 56 Cincinnati Reds 2
Delino DeShields 55 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Craig Biggio 47 Houston Astros 4
Eric Young 45 Colorado Rockies 5
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Barry Bonds 37 San Francisco Giants 6
Quilvio Veras 33 San Diego Padres 7
Larry Walker 33 Colorado Rockies  
Shawon Dunston 32 Chicago Cubs 9
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Raul Mondesi 32 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Edgar Renteria 32 Florida Marlins  
Jeff Bagwell 31 Houston Astros 12
Royce Clayton 30 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Rickey Henderson 29 San Diego Padres 14
Quinton McCracken 28 Colorado Rockies 15
Kenny Lofton 27 Atlanta Braves 16
Mark Grudzielanek 25 Montreal Expos 17
Stan Javier 25 San Francisco Giants  
Pokey Reese 25 Cincinnati Reds  
Al Martin 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Curtis Goodwin 22 Cincinnati Reds 21
Sammy Sosa 22 Chicago Cubs  
Ray Lankford 21 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Lance Johnson 20 New York Mets 24
Chicago Cubs  
Andruw Jones 20 Atlanta Braves  



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.

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