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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 ...
Brock held the all-time career stolen bases before being surpassed by Henderson in 1991. Brock had held the record from 1977 to 1991. [6] Before Brock, Hamilton held the record for eighty-one years, from 1897 to 1977. [6] Before that, Latham held the record from 1887 to 1896. Latham was also the first player to collect 300 career stolen bases. [6]
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.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game records; List of Major League Baseball attendance records; List of Major League Baseball postseason records. List of World Series career records; List of World Series single-game records; List of World Series single-series records
List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a shortstop leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a left fielder leaders
Barry Bonds holds the record for most career home runs, hitting 762 over his 22-year career. This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most career home runs in regular season play (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games).
The record was previously held by Cobb until the integration of Negro league statistics into Major League Baseball's record books on May 28, 2024. Since then, Gibson not only holds the new record for career batting average, but also the records for career OPS with 1.177 and slugging percentage with .718, as well as the single-season records in ...