Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895
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Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895
Baseball -- Periodicals
CINCINNATI
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Players. Games. Stolen Per cent. of
Bases. Stolen Bases.
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Latham 130 62 .477
Holliday 122 39 .320
McPhee 128 31 .242
Hay 128 30 .235
M. Murphy 76 5 .192
Canavan 160 15 .150
Vaughn 67 6 .097
G. Smith 128 12 .094
Merritt 66 5 .079
Totals 945 205 .217
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WASHINGTON
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Players. Games. Stolen Per cent. of
Bases. Stolen Bases.
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Ward 89 36 .401
Cartwright 132 35 .269
Radford 106 26 .245
Seebach 96 23 .240
Joyce 98 23 .235
Mercer 43 10 .233
Abbey 129 30 .233
Hassamer 116 15 .129
McGuire 102 11 .108
Totals 911 209 .229
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LOUISVILLE
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Players. Games. Stolen Per cent. of
Bases. Stolen Bases.
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Brown 130 74 .569
Smith 39 13 .333
Pfeffer 104 33 .317
Clark 76 24 .316
Twitchell 51 9 .176
Denny 60 10 .167
Lutenberg 70 10 .143
Grim 107 14 .131
Richardson 116 11 .095
Totals 753 198 .263
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It will be seen that the leaders of the six second division clubs
aggregated a total of 337 bases, of which Brown is credited with 74,
Lange with 71, and Latham with 62. In percentages, however, Lange led
with .634, Brown being second with .569, and Latham third with .477,
Stenzel, Ward (of Washington) and Dowd following in order. In total
percentages, the Chicago nine led "by a large majority," Louisville
being second and Pittsburgh third, Washington beating both Cincinnati
and St. Louis, the latter club making a very poor show in base running
figures in 1894.
THE LEADING BASE STEALERS OF EACH CLUB.
The following record shows the leader of each club in percentage of
stolen bases, the names being given in the order of percentage figures:
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