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Time for an update. I'm not quite through the end of May yet, so I don't want to post a league update. Instead, here's the career leaders in stolen bases through the end of the 1874 season:
(1) - 82 (in 89 attempts), Lip Pike, Troy Haymakers-Washington Blue Legs-Hartford Dark Blues
(2) - 54 (in 67 attempts), Jimmy Wood, Chicago White Stockings-Baltimore Canaries
(3) - 49 (in 72 attempts), Pony Sager, Rockford Forest Citys-Brooklyn Eckfords-Washington Blue Legs-Chicago White Stockings
(4) - 46 (in 70 attempts), Fred Waterman, Washington Olympics-Baltimore Canaries
(5) - 43 (in 68 attempts), Dickie Flowers, Troy Haymakers-Baltimore Marylands-New York Mutuals
(6) - 38 (in 52 attempts), Andy Leonard, Washington Olympics-Philadelphia Whites
(6) - 38 (in 53 attempts), Ed Pinkham, Chicago White Stockings-Brooklyn Atlantics
(8) - 35 (in 39 attempts), Charlie Smith, New York Mutuals-Philadelphia Athletics-Brooklyn Atlantics
(9) - 32 (in 40 attempts), Harry Schafer, Boston Red Stockings
(9) - 32 (in 42 attempts), Adrian "Cap" Anson, Rockford Forest Citys-New York Mutuals
(11) - 31 (in 40 attempts), Mike McGeary, Troy Haymakers-Baltimore Marylands-Philadelphia Whites
(11) - 31 (in 41 attempts), Ezra Sutton, Cleveland Forest Citys-Philadelphia Athletics
(13) - 30 (in 41 attempts), "Orator Jim" O'Rourke, Middletown Mansfields-Boston Red Stockings
(14) - 29 (in 35 attempts), John Hatfield, New York Mutuals-Elizabeth Resolutes-Baltimore Canaries
(14) - 29 (in 42 attempts), John Radcliff, Philadelphia Athletics
(16) - 28 (in 35 attempts), Dave Birdsall, Boston Red Stockings
(17) - 26 - 4 players tied
This also means an avatar change is in order. I give you Lip Pike, the fastest player of the 1870s, who once raced a horse around the bases and won.
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