Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

In article <74OWj.4583$nl7.2806@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "ZBicyclist" <ZBicyclist@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Base stealing hits about the same time as expansion with Maury Wills 
> stealing 104 in 1962. However, this is NOT break Ty Cobb's record of 
> 96 stolen bases because the number of games in the season had gone 
> from 154 to 162, and Wills' 97th stolen base occurred after the 
> 154th game.

Wills didn't break Cobb's record because Cobb didn't set the record. 
Hugh Nicol stole 138 bases playing for the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 
1887, averaging more than one per game. It's still the all-time record 
for stealing bases.

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