Clipping:The scorers on stolen bases
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| Date | Wednesday, December 14, 1887 |
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| Text | [reporting the Scorers' Association meeting 12/9] ...the definition of a stolen base was called for. As may be imagined the discussion waxed warm. Mr. Chadwick was in favor of any interpretation that would be an inducement for base-runners to keep moving. Manager James A. Williams, of the joint committee on rules, was called in to give the committee's construction, and he said they were very liberal. Every scorer present aired his ideas, and as a result this sense of the Association on the base-stealing rule was announced: That any attempt to steal a base must go to the credit of the base-runner, whether the ball is thrown wild or muffed by a fielder, and unless the base-runner is advanced more than one base no error is to be charged to the fielder. If the base-runner advances another base, the fielder allowing the advancement is to be charged with an error. If a base-runner makes a start and a battery error is made the runner secures the credit of a stolen base, and the battery error is scored against the player making it. Should a base-runner overrun a base and then be put out he should receive the credit for the stolen base. … ...Hereafter, when the base-runner runs a base, after a fly has been caught by an outfielder, he shall be credited with a stolen base. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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