Indianapolis| 1,589 | 350 | .220
Washington | 1,515 | 331 | .218
Pittsburg | 1,474 | 282 | .191
New York | 1,772 | 315 | .178
Boston | 1,719 | 292 | .170
Chicago | 1,720 | 285 | .166
Philadelphia| 1,569 | 246 | .157
Detroit | 1,843 | 193 | .105

Mr. Larner says. "The simple total of bases stolen is misleading as to a
club's proficiency in base running, since the strong batting clubs having
more men who reach first base have more chances to steal, and hence excel
in totals, while in percentages they fall below clubs which are weaker in
batting. The true measure is the relation between the number of bases
stolen and the number of chances offered for the attempt, which is the
whole number of those who reach first base, whether on hits, balls,
errors, hits by pitcher, illegal delivery, or force-outs."

THE CLUB RECORD OF STOLEN BASES.

The record in stolen bases in championship games, showing the first man
of each club in base stealing for 1888 is appended.

WASHINGTON. ||PITTSBURG.
| | |Stolen|| | | |Stolen
|PLAYERS.|Games.|Bases.|| |PLAYERS.|Games.|Bases.
-+--------+------+------++-+--------+------+-------
1|Hoy | 136 | 82 ||1|Sunday | 119 | 71
2|Wilmot | 119 | 46 ||2|Smith | 130 | 32
3|Donnelly| 117 | 44 ||3|Dunlap | 81 | 24