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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.
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season.
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
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Ohtani became the first man in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season last month
Still, Ohtani's 92.7% stolen base percentage is near the top of baseball and ahead of arguably the most prolific base stealers in MLB like Elly de la Cruz (80%) and Bobby Witt Jr. (71.4%).
Alfonso Soriano, the fourth player to join the 40–40 club, commemorated the occasion in 2006 by retrieving the bag from second base after his 40th steal. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 40–40 club is the group of batters, currently six, who have collected 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season. Few professional baseball ...
Rickey Henderson reached the 20–50 levels a record four times in his career. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 20–50 club is a group of players who exhibit a combination of power and speed with 20 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season. [1] [2] The feat has been accomplished 23 times by 15 players. [3]