1909 MLB Stolen Bases by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases stolen
The Cincinnati Reds and the Detroit Tigers shared the lead of all of MLB in stolen bases in 1909, with 280. The average across 16 MLB teams is 190.9.
Led all of MLB in 1909
Cincinnati Reds
157 games
280
Stolen Bases
Tied with Detroit Tigers
| # | Team | League | G | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cincinnati Reds
|
NL | 157 | 280 |
| 1 |
 Detroit Tigers
|
AL | 158 | 280 |
| 3 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 158 | 240 |
| 4 |
 Boston Red Sox
|
AL | 152 | 215 |
| 5 |
 Chicago White Sox
|
AL | 159 | 211 |
| 6 |
 Philadelphia Athletics
|
AL | 153 | 201 |
| MLB average | 190.9 | |||
| 7 |
 Chicago Cubs
|
NL | 155 | 187 |
| 7 |
 New York Highlanders
|
AL | 153 | 187 |
| 9 |
 Philadelphia Phillies
|
NL | 154 | 185 |
| 9 |
 Pittsburgh Pirates
|
NL | 154 | 185 |
| 11 |
 Cleveland Naps
|
AL | 155 | 173 |
| 12 |
 St. Louis Cardinals
|
NL | 154 | 163 |
| 13 |
 Brooklyn Superbas
|
NL | 155 | 141 |
| 14 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AL | 154 | 136 |
| 14 |
 Washington Senators
|
AL | 156 | 136 |
| 16 |
 Boston Doves
|
NL | 155 | 135 |
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.