League Leaders Daily Quiz

1927 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1927, with 139, 6 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 31 MLB teams is 76.3.

Led all of MLB in 1927 Detroit Tigers 156 games
139 Stolen Bases 6 clear of Washington Senators
# Team League G SB
1 Detroit Tigers AL 156 139
2 Washington Senators AL 157 133
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 110
4 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 88 107
5 Brooklyn Robins NL 154 106
6 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 101
7 Boston Braves NL 155 100
7 Chicago American Giants NNL 94 100
9 New York Yankees AL 155 90
9 St. Louis Browns AL 155 90
9 St. Louis Stars NNL 95 90
12 Chicago White Sox AL 153 89
13 Baltimore Black Sox ECL 70 82
14 Boston Red Sox AL 154 81
15 Birmingham Black Barons NNL 98 79
MLB average 76.3
16 Harrisburg Giants ECL 67 76
17 New York Giants NL 155 73
18 Memphis Red Sox NNL 95 71
19 Hilldale Club ECL 82 68
19 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 68
21 Chicago Cubs NL 153 65
21 Cleveland Indians AL 153 65
21 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 65
24 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 62
24 Detroit Stars NNL 95 62
26 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ECL 88 47
27 Cuban Stars East ECL 60 37
27 Cuban Stars West NNL 70 37
29 Cleveland Hornets NNL 49 28
30 New York Lincoln Giants ECL 25 24
31 Brooklyn Royal Giants ECL 34 20

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.