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Records in this category are dominated by teams of the American Association, which operated from 1882 to 1891, and whose records are recognized by Major League Baseball. In particular, the top four entries in the below table are from the league's 1887 season, when every team in league had at least 305 stolen bases and the league average was 458 ...
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.
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.
An eight-time All-Star, Betts is hitting .283 with 116 homers, 322 RBIs, 52 stolen bases and an .899 OPS in the first four years of the deal. Aaron Judge, N.Y. Yankees, 2023-31, $360 million
The following is a list of single-game baseball records and unusual events. The following criteria are used for inclusion: The following criteria are used for inclusion: Only events occurring within a single plate appearance , inning , or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved over more than one game are not listed.
25. Jacoby Ellsbury. Ellsbury was known as one of the league’s best leadoff men and center fielders for much of his career in Boston, finishing second in MVP voting in 2011, clearing 50 steals ...
Total steals in MLB went up by over 40% from 2022 to 2023, and as of mid-August 2024, MLB was on pace for a nearly identical number of steals as in 2023. Success rates in 2023 were the best in MLB history, and the success rate in 2024 was on pace to be the second-best. [102]