Before 1968, Billy Hamilton stole the most bases, with 914 steals.

Interpreted as:

most career stolen bases by a player before 1968

	NAME	SB	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	914	1,594	6,283	1,697	2,164	242	95	40	742	1,189	89	271	7,608	2,716	377	47	.344	.455	.432	.888	1716	578.6	.433	142	505.5
2	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	897	3,034	11,434	2,244	4,189	724	295	117	1,933	1,249	94	681	13,068	5,854	1,136	291	.366	.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
3	Arlie Latham A. Latham	742	1,289	5,388	1,187	1,500	198	62	25	525	534	68	163	6,014	1,897	285	18	.278	.352	.352	.704	964	42.9	.342	98	-20
4	Eddie Collins E. Collins	741	2,826	9,949	1,821	3,315	438	187	47	1,300	1,499	77	468	12,037	4,268	672	512	.333	.424	.429	.853	2032	693.4	.409	144	619.7
5	Max Carey M. Carey	738	2,476	9,363	1,545	2,665	419	159	70	802	1,040	77	695	10,770	3,612	648	290	.285	.361	.386	.747	1411	179.3	.357	110	128.3
6	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	723	2,794	10,439	1,739	3,420	643	252	101	1,732	963	125	735	11,748	4,870	996	221	.328	.391	.467	.858	2044	725.8	.408	147	650
7	Tom Brown T. Brown	657	1,431	5,884	1,250	1,527	197	106	49	581	664	33	508	6,622	2,083	352	39	.260	.338	.354	.692	985	-27.6	.335	94	-71.8
8	George Davis G. Davis	619	2,372	9,045	1,545	2,665	453	163	73	1,440	874	75	579	10,178	3,663	689	184	.295	.362	.405	.767	1643	293.1	.366	117	266.9
9	Dummy Hoy D. Hoy	596	1,797	7,115	1,429	2,048	248	121	40	725	1,006	134	231	8,385	2,658	409	130	.288	.386	.374	.760	1452	224.5	.372	112	143.6
10	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	583	1,990	8,043	1,642	2,544	286	161	69	1,015	871	38	385	9,017	3,359	516	65	.316	.386	.418	.803	1647	328.4	.384	119	259.3
11	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	574	1,737	7,044	1,554	2,293	325	119	106	1,302	664	29	186	7,841	3,174	550	104	.326	.386	.451	.837	1526	360.4	.395	118	242.5
12	Bid McPhee B. McPhee	568	1,742	6,745	1,395	1,858	265	161	45	889	907	69	260	7,782	2,580	471	56	.275	.367	.383	.750	1346	172.5	.363	109	112.5
13	Bill Dahlen B. Dahlen	548	2,444	9,036	1,590	2,461	413	163	84	1,234	1,064	140	759	10,405	3,452	660	165	.272	.358	.382	.740	1589	236.5	.357	108	139.6
14	John Ward J. Ward	540	1,141	4,778	912	1,401	140	53	13	552	335	17	40	5,150	1,686	206	20	.293	.342	.353	.695	792	6.9	.335	98	-20.4
15	Herman Long H. Long	537	1,875	7,678	1,456	2,129	342	97	91	1,055	612	57	365	8,505	2,938	530	158	.277	.335	.383	.718	1254	19.3	.342	92	-80.3
16	Patsy Donovan P. Donovan	518	1,824	7,505	1,321	2,256	208	75	16	738	457	83	312	8,172	2,662	299	127	.301	.348	.355	.702	1157	-0.8	.340	98	-26.4
17	Jack Doyle J. Doyle	518	1,569	6,055	977	1,811	316	64	25	971	440	49	275	6,589	2,330	405	45	.299	.351	.385	.736	1006	79.6	.352	104	45.9
18	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	509	2,246	8,584	1,622	2,678	361	220	67	1,015	875	154	511	9,838	3,680	648	225	.312	.386	.429	.814	1663	445.8	.390	131	386.2
19	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	509	934	3,727	905	1,054	208	105	72	600	525	22	134	4,275	1,688	385		.283	.375	.453	.828	860	227.9	.390	129	189.5
20	Clyde Milan C. Milan	495	1,982	7,359	1,004	2,100	240	105	17	617	685	80	404	8,312	2,601	362	188	.285	.353	.353	.706	1006	126.7	.344	110	88.3
21	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	495	2,123	8,591	1,719	2,932	241	145	33	810	524	129	136	9,610	3,562	419	366	.341	.388	.415	.802	1640	406.6	.383	124	330.8
22	Mike Griffin M. Griffin	473	1,513	5,923	1,406	1,755	314	108	42	720	809	78	185	6,848	2,411	464	38	.296	.388	.407	.795	1294	256.4	.383	122	238.9
23	Tommy McCarthy T. McCarthy	468	1,180	4,763	1,013	1,421	187	51	44	721	525	50	104	5,371	1,842	282	33	.298	.374	.387	.761	952	130.8	.368	107	60.7
24	Jimmy Sheckard J. Sheckard	465	2,122	7,605	1,296	2,084	354	136	56	810	1,135	92	849	9,118	2,878	546	286	.274	.375	.378	.753	1343	311.5	.368	121	241.6
25	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	455	1,837	7,511	1,600	2,597	522	186	101	1,466	741	94	366	8,400	3,794	809	54	.346	.411	.505	.916	1836	616.8	.428	144	559.3

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Mets	22	32	.407	14.0
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