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Records for consecutive successful stolen base attempts are limited by the available data, as times caught stealing has been recorded officially only since 1920. Max Carey established a mark in 1922–23 of 36 consecutive stolen bases without being caught, [30] which stood until it was broken by Davey Lopes with 38 consecutive steals in 1975.
Finally, batters were credited with a stolen base if they were tagged out after over running the base. [19] In 1892, a rule credited runners with stolen bases if a base runner advanced on a fly out, or if they advanced more than one base on any safe hit or attempted out, providing an attempt was made by the defense to put the runner out. [19]
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.
Since then, no team has stolen at least 200 bases with a success rate of over 81.3%. This year’s Brewers have been successful on nearly 86% of their attempts. The Reds have converted 81% of ...
Rickey Henderson celebrates his record-breaking 939th stolen base on May 1, 1991, in Oakland. He went on to play 12 more MLB seasons. (AP Photo/Alan Greth) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
In 1986, he led the AL in runs scored (130) and stolen bases (87) for the second year in a row, and was seventh in walks (89) and extra base hits (64) while hitting 28 home runs (9 of which led off games) and recording a career-high 74 runs batted in (RBIs). [42] Henderson steals a base as a member of the New York Yankees in 1988
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was caught stealing for the first time in nearly three months, ending a streak of 36 consecutive successful stolen base attempts. Ohtani was thrown out trying for second base by New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez for the Los Angeles Dodgers' final out of the second inning in Sunday's NL Championship ...
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 ...