Stat of the day...

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

Here's a list of the career leaders. It looks like the T206 era was a good time to steal home. The art of stealing home apparently was replaced by the art of hitting home runs when the live ball was introduced in 1920 ...

Ty Cobb 1905-28 54
Max Carey 1910-29 33
George Burns 1911-25 28
Honus Wagner 1897-17 27
Sherry Magee 1904-19 23
Frank Schulte 1904-18 23
Johnny Evers 1902-29 21
George Sisler 1915-30 20
Frankie Frisch 1919-37 19
Jackie Robinson 1947-56 19
Jimmy Sheckard 1897-13 18
Tris Speaker 1907-28 18
Joe Tinker 1902-16 18
Eddie Collins 1906-30 17
Larry Doyle 1907-20 17
Rod Carew 1967-85 17

Only 2 people who played after 1940 are on that list