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Rickey Henderson, shown here attempting to steal a base in 1983, is the MLB career leader in stolen bases. This article lists records for stolen bases within Major League Baseball (MLB). For individual players, leaders in stolen bases for a career, single season, and single game are provided, along with leaders in stolen base percentage for a ...
Stolen bases were more common in baseball's dead-ball era, when teams relied more on stolen bases and hit and run plays than on home runs. [2] Rickey Henderson holds the MLB career stolen base record with 1,406. [3] He is the only MLB player to have reached the 1,000 stolen bases milestone in his career.
Max Carey led the National League in stolen bases ten times, the most times of any player. Maury Wills led the National League in stolen bases in six consecutive seasons. Vince Coleman is the only other player to do so. John Montgomery Ward was the first player to lead the National League in stolen bases for different teams.
1,406 stolen bases – most in MLB history. 2,295 runs – most in MLB history. 3,055 hits. 297 home runs (81 leadoff).401 on-base percentage. 10-time MLB All-Star. 1990 American League MVP with ...
For reference, since baseball was integrated in 1947, only 23 players have stolen 467 bases over their entire careers. Henderson's stolen-base total is one of MLB's unbreakable records
Henderson, who died Friday at age 65, was a two-time World Series champion, 10-time All-Star and holds the MLB record for all-time stolen bases, racking up 1,406 swipes across his 25-year career ...
In a game against the San Diego Padres on August 29, 1977, at San Diego Stadium, Brock broke Ty Cobb's career record of 892 stolen bases and became the all-time major league stolen base leader. [29] Cobb's record had been one of the most durable in baseball and, like Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs, had been considered unbreakable by ...
That winter, Henderson played in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League; his 42 stolen bases broke that league's record as well. [25] Henderson goes to steal second base for the Athletics in 1983. Henderson was an MVP candidate a year later, in a season shortened by a players' strike. He hit .319, fourth in the AL, and led the league in ...