Big Six wrote:
> Pat is rapidly climbing the list of all-time base
> stealers. Honus Wagner, who swiped 658
> sacks, will likely remain the career leader for
> a month or so into the 1917 season, long
> enough for Cobb to steal 18 bases. Cobb's
> 82 steals in 1916 smashed Pat's American
> League record. O'Farrell stands eighth, and
> fifth among active players, with 537.
By my math, to get to 537 Pat would have stolen 81 this year. That sounds a bit high since you had him at 69-13 back during the classic game. But he came into the season with 456.
Also, Ty's 82 would tie Pat's AL record of 82 set in 1915. If Pat did 81 this year, he was one off his own mark.
> However, If Tillie Shafer, who's 27, keeps
> stealing 80 bases a year, he will put this
> record out of reach.
When did Tillie come up? And how many does he have to date? That's one good thing about Pat and the record - he's been in the bigs stealing bases since he was 20. It's a bit like Rickey vs. Vince Coleman - a lot of people tried to make hay out of Coleman stealing 100 a year when breaking in, missing that Henderson reached the major way ahead of Vince in terms of age, and had a host of stolen bases under his belt at the same before Vince even stole his first.
John