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1902 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases stolen

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1902, with 265, 36 ahead of the Chicago Orphans. The average across 16 MLB teams is 167.8.

Led all of MLB in 1902 Chicago White Sox 138 games
265 Stolen Bases 36 clear of Chicago Orphans
# Team League G SB
1 Chicago White Sox AL 138 265
2 Chicago Orphans NL 143 229
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 141 222
4 Philadelphia Athletics AL 137 201
5 Baltimore Orioles AL 140 189
5 Boston Beaneaters NL 141 189
7 New York Giants NL 141 187
MLB average 167.8
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 140 158
9 Brooklyn Superbas NL 141 145
10 Cleveland Bronchos AL 137 140
11 St. Louis Browns AL 139 137
12 Boston Americans AL 138 132
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 141 131
14 Detroit Tigers AL 137 130
15 Washington Senators AL 138 121
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 108

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.