most stolen bases in a season prior to 1954

Before 1954, Hugh Nicol had the most stolen bases in a season, with 138 steals in 1887.

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	NAME	SB	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Hugh Nicol H. Nicol	138	1887	CIN	125	475	122	102	18	2	1	34	86	5	47		566	127	21		.215	.341	.267	.608	83	-10.6	.310	84	-16.1
2	Arlie Latham A. Latham	129	1887	STL	136	627	163	198	35	10	2	83	45	5	29		677	259	47		.316	.366	.413	.779	131	19.7	.365	109	10.9
3	Charlie Comiskey C. Comiskey	117	1887	STL	125	538	139	180	22	5	4	103	27	7	11		572	224	31		.335	.374	.416	.790	114	19.5	.371	112	12
4	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	111	1891	PHN	133	527	141	179	23	7	2	60	102	7	28		636	222	32		.340	.453	.421	.874	144	51.1	.432	150	47.7
5	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	111	1889	KCC	137	534	144	161	17	12	3	77	87	14	41		635	211	32		.301	.413	.395	.808	130	32.6	.396	124	23.8
6	John Ward J. Ward	111	1887	NYG	129	545	114	184	16	5	1	53	29	4	12		578	213	22		.338	.375	.391	.766	111	15.9	.363	116	15.9
7	Arlie Latham A. Latham	109	1888	STL	133	570	119	151	19	5	2	31	43	8	35		621	186	26		.265	.325	.326	.652	92	10	.313	101	0.8
8	Tom Brown T. Brown	106	1891	BSA	137	589	177	189	30	21	5	72	70	4	96		663	276	56		.321	.397	.469	.865	139	42.6	.412	134	35.6
9	Hugh Nicol H. Nicol	103	1888	CIN	135	548	112	131	10	2	1	35	67	7	23		622	148	13		.239	.330	.270	.600	85	3	.297	97	-2.2
10	Pete Browning P. Browning	103	1887	LOU	134	547	137	220	35	16	4	118	55	8	39		610	299	55		.402	.464	.547	1.011	172	71.3	.465	161	64.3
11	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	102	1890	PHN	123	496	133	161	13	9	2	49	83	9	37		588	198	24		.325	.430	.399	.829	126	36.2	.411	138	34
12	Jim Fogarty J. Fogarty	102	1887	PHN	126	495	113	129	26	12	8	50	82	10	44		587	203	46		.261	.376	.410	.787	117	20.6	.372	116	15.8
13	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	100	1894	PHI	132	558	198	225	25	15	4	90	128	9	19		702	292	44	7	.403	.521	.523	1.044	209	81.9	.495	157	76.2
14	Jim Fogarty J. Fogarty	99	1889	PHN	128	499	107	129	15	17	3	54	65	7	60		571	187	35		.259	.352	.375	.727	96	8.1	.351	101	0.5
15	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	97	1895	PHI	123	517	166	201	22	6	7	74	96	7	30		629	256	35	9	.389	.490	.495	.985	167	63.2	.471	157	61.2
16	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	97	1890	BSP	118	481	142	144	25	11	12	84	81	5	38		567	227	48		.299	.406	.472	.878	125	37.9	.418	125	25.3
17	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	96	1915	DET	156	563	144	208	31	13	3	99	118	10	43	38	700	274	47	9	.369	.486	.487	.973	143	71	.467	184	64.2
18	Curt Welch C. Welch	95	1888	PHA	136	549	125	155	22	8	1	61	33	29	37		611	196	31		.282	.355	.357	.712	103	23.1	.342	123	19.6
19	Bid McPhee B. McPhee	95	1887	CIN	129	540	137	156	20	19	2	87	55	5	30		600	220	41		.289	.360	.407	.767	113	14.6	.359	108	8.7
20	Mike Griffin M. Griffin	94	1887	BAL	136	532	142	160	32	13	3	94	55	8	17		595	227	48		.301	.375	.427	.801	120	22.5	.375	119	19.6
21	Tommy McCarthy T. McCarthy	93	1888	STL	131	511	107	140	20	3	1	68	38	3	22		552	169	24		.274	.328	.331	.659	82	9.9	.315	102	1.7
22	Darby O'Brien D. O'Brien	91	1889	BKN	136	567	146	170	30	11	5	80	61	16	76		644	237	46		.300	.384	.418	.802	126	27	.384	127	28
23	Herman Long H. Long	89	1889	KCC	136	574	137	158	32	6	3	60	64	10	63		648	211	41		.275	.358	.368	.726	110	10.2	.353	101	1.2
24	Curt Welch C. Welch	89	1887	STL	131	544	98	151	32	7	3	108	25	11	21		580	206	42		.278	.322	.379	.701	93	-2.1	.327	90	-9.7
25	Clyde Milan C. Milan	88	1912	WSH	154	601	105	184	19	11	1	79	63	5	31	31	674	228	31	5	.306	.377	.379	.756	96	15.1	.367	117	13.9

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