1860.91

Base Stealing Before the Civil War

Salience	Noteworthy
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Location
City/State/Country:	Rochester, NY, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	"Just noticed an 1860 game summary from Rochester, NY that includes the number of times that the catchers threw to bases, a decent if not 100% indicator of the number of stolen base attempts, in this case a combined total of 37 in 8 innings. "No, Ned Cuthbert didn't pioneer the stolen base in 1865. . ." (19CBB Posting by Bob Tholkes, 2/6/2017.)
Sources	New York Sunday Mercury, July 8, 1860
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Comment	The Protoball PrePro data base om February 2017 shows two possible games; in one, 44 runs were scored, and in the other, 36 runs were scored. (See http://protoball.org/Games_Tab:New_York_State,_Western#date1860-7-8.) So there were lots of baserunners in both games. But there were reportedly only about 2 catcher throws to bases in each half-inning. If bases were stolen routinely in this gloveless era, wouldn't more throws be expected? Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	19CBB Posting, 2/6/2017
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