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Pittsburgh's Doug Baird and Max Carey were the NL's best base-stealing tandem in 1915 and 1916. But Baird batted just .218 over those two seasons and fanned a league-high 88 times in '15. In 1921 he broke an American Association record by stealing 72 bases for Indianapolis. (ME)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 21, 1917: The Giants take over first place with a 4–3 win over the Pirates behind the pitching of Big Jeff Tesreau and the favorable umpiring of Kitty Bransfield. Tesreau allows just two hits through eight innings before weakening in the 9th. Kitty makes an out call in the 9th on a grounder that 3B Doug Baird clearly appears to beat, and in the 2nd inning ignores Art Fletcher's failure to return to 3rd before scoring on a sac fly. Fletcher had taken a 15-foot lead.