Before 1917, Honus Wagner racked up the most total bases, with 4,800 bases.

Interpreted as:

most total bases by a player before 1917

	NAME	TB	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	4,800	2,720	10,209	1,724	3,359	636	251	101	1,708	939	124	718	718	11,484	988	212	.329	.392	.470	.862	2018	724.7	.411	148	650.6
2	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	4,472	2,480	9,589	1,504	3,243	657	163	82	1,599	516	134	347	380	10,460	902	221	.338	.380	.466	.847	1787	600.2	.401	144	547
3	Sam Crawford S. Crawford	4,300	2,456	9,466	1,385	2,943	454	309	95	1,513	756	23	574	367	10,482	858	237	.311	.363	.454	.818	1656	516.7	.388	139	453.2
4	Jake Beckley J. Beckley	4,156	2,389	9,538	1,602	2,934	473	244	87	1,578	616	183	442	315	10,504	804	167	.308	.361	.436	.797	1803	356.2	.376	119	288.8
5	Cap Anson C. Anson	4,080	2,277	9,104	1,722	3,012	529	124	97	1,306	953	32	146	247	10,123	750	34	.331	.396	.448	.844	2154	654.1	.397	134	525.3
6	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	3,794	1,837	7,511	1,600	2,597	522	186	101	1,466	741	94	366	455	8,400	809	54	.346	.411	.505	.916	1836	616.8	.428	144	559.3
7	Roger Connor R. Connor	3,788	1,998	7,797	1,620	2,467	441	233	138	1,071	1,002	39	151	244	8,847	812	9	.316	.397	.486	.883	1952	630.3	.409	142	569.9
8	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	3,759	2,067	8,426	1,720	2,850	320	182	75	952	1,029	75	561	389	9,620	577	90	.338	.415	.446	.861	1921	592.9	.411	137	526.7
9	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	3,680	2,246	8,584	1,622	2,678	361	220	67	1,015	875	154	511	509	9,838	648	225	.312	.386	.429	.814	1663	445.8	.390	131	386.2
10	George Davis G. Davis	3,663	2,372	9,045	1,545	2,665	453	163	73	1,440	874	75	579	619	10,178	689	184	.295	.362	.405	.767	1643	293.1	.366	117	266.9
11	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	3,632	2,014	8,172	1,643	2,513	451	157	118	1,093	804	83	295	419	9,124	726	65	.308	.375	.444	.820	1709	379	.387	119	266.7
12	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	3,562	2,123	8,591	1,719	2,932	241	145	33	810	524	129	136	495	9,610	419	366	.341	.388	.415	.802	1640	406.6	.383	124	330.8
13	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	3,484	1,673	6,711	1,523	2,296	460	205	106	994	840	105	83	256	7,676	771	20	.342	.423	.519	.942	1874	728.6	.436	155	655.7
14	Lave Cross L. Cross	3,476	2,277	9,084	1,338	2,651	412	136	47	1,378	466	31	178	303	9,741	595	160	.292	.329	.383	.711	1357	41	.338	98	-34.6
15	Bill Dahlen B. Dahlen	3,452	2,444	9,036	1,590	2,461	413	163	84	1,234	1,064	140	759	548	10,405	660	165	.272	.358	.382	.740	1589	236.5	.357	108	139.6
16	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	3,359	1,990	8,043	1,642	2,544	286	161	69	1,015	871	38	385	583	9,017	516	65	.316	.386	.418	.803	1647	328.4	.384	119	259.3
17	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	3,174	1,737	7,044	1,554	2,293	325	119	106	1,302	664	29	186	574	7,841	550	104	.326	.386	.451	.837	1526	360.4	.395	118	242.5
18	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	3,161	1,853	7,006	1,421	2,220	358	194	65	1,194	911	82	430	443	8,139	617	140	.317	.402	.451	.853	1573	465	.405	130	377.1
19	Jim O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	3,132	1,774	7,435	1,446	2,304	414	132	50	656	481	36	85	191	7,952	596	0	.310	.355	.421	.776	1511	355.9	.362	125	301.9
20	Bid McPhee B. McPhee	3,098	2,138	8,304	1,684	2,258	303	189	53	935	982	69	260	568	9,429	545	56	.272	.355	.373	.728	1594	183	.350	108	117.7
21	Bobby Wallace B. Wallace	3,071	2,343	8,510	1,054	2,293	390	143	34	1,115	768	47	552	200	9,492	567	167	.269	.333	.361	.694	1197	83.4	.335	105	54.7
22	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	3,031	1,410	5,998	1,261	1,988	343	161	126	1,305	451	63	101	232	6,525	630	13	.331	.384	.505	.890	1414	415	.410	135	375.3
23	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	2,957	1,542	5,795	1,134	2,136	332	159	57	975	597	59	459	652	6,590	548	139	.369	.433	.510	.943	1283	600.6	.450	177	551.3
24	Tommy Corcoran T. Corcoran	2,957	2,202	8,812	1,188	2,256	289	155	34	1,135	383	35	402	387	9,387	478	157	.256	.290	.336	.625	1007	-267.7	.298	73	-349.3
25	Herman Long H. Long	2,938	1,875	7,678	1,456	2,129	342	97	91	1,055	612	57	365	537	8,505	530	158	.277	.335	.383	.718	1254	19.3	.342	92	-80.3