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Hugh Nicol's single-season mark of 138 stolen bases in 1887 remains the major league record. The pre-modern single-season mark for stolen bases is 138 by Hugh Nicol of the Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) in 1887. [27] In the modern era, Ty Cobb set a single-season mark of 96 stolen bases in 1915 [27] that lasted until it was broken by Maury Wills ...
The Modesto A's finished the season with 357 stolen bases, [17] just shy of the league record of 370. [18] While Woodard tied the single-season player record with 90 stolen bases, [17] Henderson beat the record by stealing 95 bases, and was awarded the Sundial Trophy, given to the Modesto A's Most Valuable Player. [16] [19]
Highest on-base percentage Barry Bonds .609 2004 [8] Most stolen bases [a] Hugh Nicol Rickey Henderson: 138 130 1887 1982 [9] Highest slugging percentage Josh Gibson.974 1937 [10] Highest OPS: Josh Gibson 1.4744 1937 [11] Most walks Barry Bonds 232 2004 [12] Most strikeouts Mark Reynolds: 223 2009: Most extra base hits Babe Ruth: 119 1921 [13 ...
But his stolen-bases record is a good place to start. ... Brock had become the gold standard of base-stealing in the 1970s, setting a single-season mark with 118 bags in 1974. As Brock’s big ...
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.
Henderson played 25 seasons in the major leagues, stealing at least 100 bases on three occasions, including 130 steals in 1982 to break Lou Brock's modern-day record for a single season.
On September 10, 1974, Brock tied Wills' single-season stolen bases mark of 104 with a first-inning steal of second base in a game against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, then broke the record with another swipe of second in the seventh inning. [27] He ended the season with a new major league single-season record of 118 stolen bases. [5]
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. Known as baseball's “Man of Steal,” Henderson had a ...