Requested new cards Part 1, 1894

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[quote:162957c559="Valen"]Additional note on Hamilton. In 1896 those 83 steals were good for 3rd. Wouldn't mind having whomever the 2 were who finished ahead of him.[/quote:162957c559]

As you may know, there have been some rule changes and some enhancements to stolen base record keeping that started in 1898.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_base#Evolution_of_rules_and_scoring

1887 - "...every base made after first base has been reached by a base runner, except for those made by reason of or with the aid of a battery error (wild pitch or passed ball), or by batting, balks or by being forced off. In short, shall include all bases made by a clean steal, or through a wild throw or muff of the ball by a fielder who is directly trying to put the base runner out while attempting to steal."

1888 - "advancement of another base(s) beyond the one being stolen is not credited as a stolen base on the same play, and that an error is charged to the fielder who permitted the extra advancement."
(interesting because the Damon Double Steal against the shift might've been a SB + an error in 1888)

1892-97 - "if a base runner advanced on a fly out, or if they advanced more than one base on any safe hit or attempted out, providing an attempt was made by the defense to put the runner out"
e.g. - First to third or second to home on a single.

1898 - modern SB scoring, more or less.

Caught Stealing was introduced a lot later.

So, what you have in Hamilton's 83 is, first to third, overslide outs (you were credited with a steal if you stole the base but were tagged out on the other side of the base), steals, and no measure of the times caught stealing.

I'd say 17-12 might be about right.