1908 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The New York Highlanders led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1908, with 231, 19 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 16 MLB teams is 170.1.

Led all of MLB in 1908 New York Highlanders 155 games

231 Stolen Bases 19 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	New York Highlanders	AL	155	231
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	158	212
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	209
4	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	200
5	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	196
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	186
7	New York Giants	NL	157	181
8	Cleveland Naps	AL	157	177
	MLB average			170.1
9	Washington Senators	AL	155	170
10	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	165
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	156
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	150
13	Boston Doves	NL	156	134
14	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	126
15	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	116
16	Brooklyn Superbas	NL	154	113

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.