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Under Rule 7.01 of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Official Rules, a runner acquires the right to an unoccupied base when he touches it before he is out. [1] 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, 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 ...
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.
The MLB world lost its all-time leader in stolen bases on Saturday with the death of Rickey Henderson, who was among baseball's brightest stars of the 1980s and '90s.. Henderson will always be ...
Rickey Henderson, a 10-time All-Star and the all-time stolen base leader, died on Friday after a bout with pneumonia, multiple outlets reported. Henderson played 25 seasons in the major leagues ...
List of Major League Baseball annual fielding errors leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a pitcher leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a catcher leaders. List of Major League Baseball career passed balls leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a first baseman leaders
The all-time stolen base leader, Rickey Henderson, steals third base in 1988. In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base unaided by other actions and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner.
Across his illustrious 25-year MLB career, spanning from 1979 to 2003, Henderson played for nine teams and most notably retired as MLB’s all-time stolen base leader (1,406) and all-time runs ...