1887 MLB Stolen Bases Leaders

Hugh Nicol led the majors with 138 stolen bases in 1887, 9 ahead of Arlie Latham (129). It is the best single-season stolen bases mark in MLB history.

Led all of MLB in 1887 Hugh Nicol Cincinnati Red Stockings

138 Stolen Bases 9 clear of Arlie Latham

Showing Stolen Bases and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SB	G	R	H	AVG
1	Hugh Nicol	CN2	138	125	122	102	.215
2	Arlie Latham	SL4	129	136	163	198	.316
3	Charlie Comiskey	SL4	117	125	139	180	.335
4	John Ward	NY1	111	129	114	184	.338
5	Pete Browning	LS2	103	134	137	220	.402
6	Jim Fogarty	PHI	102	126	113	129	.261
7	Bid McPhee	CN2	95	129	137	156	.289
8	Mike Griffin	BL2	94	136	142	160	.301
9	Curt Welch	SL4	89	131	98	151	.278
10	Blondie Purcell	BL2	88	140	101	142	.250
11	Tom Poorman	PH4	88	135	140	155	.265
12	Cub Stricker	CL3	86	131	122	141	.264
13	Tommy Tucker	BL2	85	136	114	144	.275
14	Chippy McGarr	PH4	84	137	93	158	.295
15	King Kelly	BSN	84	116	120	156	.322
16	Ed McKean	CL3	76	132	97	154	.286
17	William Robinson	SL4	75	125	102	131	.305
18	FF Frank Fennelly	CN2	74	134	133	140	.266
19	Harry Stovey	PH4	74	124	125	142	.286
20	Denny Lyons	PH4	73	137	128	209	.367
21	Paul Radford	NY4	73	128	127	129	.265
22	Hub Collins	LS2	71	130	122	162	.290
23	BG Bill Greenwood	BL2	71	118	114	130	.263
24	Bill McClellan	BR3	70	136	109	144	.263
25	Ned Hanlon	DTN	69	118	79	129	.274
26	Jim McTamany	BR3	66	134	123	134	.258
27	Jack Glasscock	IN3	62	122	91	142	.294
28	George Pinkney	BR3	59	138	133	155	.267
29	Thomas Burns	BL2	58	140	122	188	.341
30	Fred Pfeffer	CHN	57	123	95	133	.278
31	Ed Andrews	PHI	57	104	110	151	.325
32	Dick Johnston	BSN	52	127	87	131	.258
33	John Reilly	CN2	50	134	106	170	.309
34	Jimmy Ryan	CHN	50	126	117	145	.285
35	Joe Werrick	LS2	49	136	90	152	.285
36	Jumbo Davis	BL2	49	130	81	150	.309
37	Darby O'Brien	NY4	49	127	97	157	.301
38	JK John Kerins	LS2	49	112	101	140	.294
39	Bob Caruthers	SL4	49	98	102	130	.357
40	Emmett Seery	IN3	48	122	104	104	.224
41	Guy Hecker	LS2	48	91	89	118	.319
42	Paul Hines	WS8	46	123	83	147	.308
43	Jim O'Rourke	NY1	46	103	73	113	.285
44	Chicken Wolf	LS2	45	137	103	160	.281
45	Ed Williamson	CHN	45	127	77	117	.267
46	Hick Carpenter	CN2	44	127	70	124	.249
47	Roger Connor	NY1	43	127	113	134	.285
48	Pete Hotaling	CL3	43	126	108	151	.299
49	Billy Nash	BSN	43	121	100	140	.295
50	Sam Wise	BSN	43	113	103	156	.334

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