Clipping:Scoring stolen bases

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Date Wednesday, February 10, 1886
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[from a column by Caylor] There is no doubt in the world...that a base-running column could be added that would be very interesting. The player should get credit for every base attempted which he makes, whether by a clean steal or an error of the baseman, for it is often the daring slide of the runner which causes the error. I would not score a stolen base on a wild pitch and passed ball any more than on a force or a base hit, because on such plays any player can make his base. The rule might be this:--In the fourth column put the stolen bases. A player should be credited with a stolen base in every case where he makes an attempt and succeeds, either by this own efforts alone or by the error of a fielder trying to prevent the play, provided that no credit be given for a base obtained when a wild pitch or passed ball is scored. I apprehend that no scorer would have any trouble in correctly interpreting that rule. That what a record it would open up for inspection by the base ball public. Imagine what a showing such men as Reilly, Carpenter, Corkhill, McPhee, Latham, Comiskey, Robinson, Miller (of Pittsburg), Brown, Kuehne, Stovey, Peoples, Baldwin, Hecker, Browning, Kelly, Gore, Dalrymple, Ward, Glasscock and others would have. It would be one of the most interesting studies in base ball to compare a player's base hit percentage with his base running percentage.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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