1905 Stolen Base Leaders

1905 National League

Art Devlin, New York Giants 59 … Billy Maloney Chicago Cubs 59 … Honus Wagner, Pirates 57 … Sam Mertes, NY Giants 52

Sherry Magee, Phil Phillies 48 … Frank Chance, Cubs 38 … Bill Dahlen, NY Giants 37 … Mike Donlin, NY Giants 33 … Joe Tinker, Cubs 31 … Ed Abbaticchio, Boston Red Stockings 30

Tommy Corcoran, Cincinnati Red Stockings 28 … Kitty Bransfield, Phil Phillies 27 … Spike Shannon, St. Louis Cardinals 27 … Jimmy Slagle, Cubs 27 Miller Huggins, Cinc Red Stockings 27 … Doc Gessler, Brooklyn Dodgers 26 … George Browne, NY Giants

1905 American League

Danny Hoffman, Philadelphia Athletics 46 … Dave Fultz, New York Highlanders (Yankees) 44 … Jake Stahl, Washington Senators 41 … Topsy Hartsel, Phil Athletics 37

Harry Davis, Phil Athletics 36 … Harry Bay, Cleveland Indians 36 … Elmer Flick, Indians 35 … Jiggs Donahue, Chicago White Sox 32 … George Davis, White Sox 31 … John Anderson, Wash Senators 31

George Stone, St. L Browns 26 … Nixey Callahan, White Sox 26 … Wid Conroy, New York Highlanders (Yankees) … Freddy Parent, Boston Americans 25

Notes: the Boston Red Stockings played in the National League in 1905 and later changed their nickname to the Braves… the Boston Americans later became the Boston Red Sox. The Highlanders later became the Yankees. The New York Giants moved to San Francisco and the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. The St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles and the Philadelphia Athletics first moved to Kansas City then to Oakland

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