Single Season Leaders for Caught Stealing in the American League

Stealing in a game is legal, but getting caught could easily cost your team at a chance for scoring. Highly proficient base thieves dominate this list making the old argument about the value of a steal debatable.

Raw speed and the ability to steal a base are needed to appear on Baseball Almanac's chart of the top one-hundred (100) American League single season caught stealing leaders as if you are not attempting the steal, you could not get caught stealing as often as these players have. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
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Caught Stealing
Single Season American League Leaders

'Top 100'
Rickey Henderson 42 1982 Oakland Athletics AL 1
Ty Cobb 38 1915 Detroit Tigers AL 2
Ty Cobb 34 1912 Detroit Tigers AL 3
Harry Lord 33 1912 Chicago White Sox AL 4
Doc Cook 32 1914 New York Yankees AL 5
Eddie Murphy 32 1914 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Burt Shotton 32 1915 St. Louis Browns AL  
Duffy Lewis 31 1914 Boston Red Sox AL 8
Clyde Milan 31 1912 Washington Senators AL  
Eddie Collins 30 1914 Philadelphia Athletics AL 10
Eddie Collins 30 1915 Chicago White Sox AL  
Del Pratt 30 1912 St. Louis Browns AL  
Sam Rice 30 1920 Washington Senators AL  
Eddie Collins 29 1923 Chicago White Sox AL 14
Billy North 29 1976 Oakland Athletics AL  
Harold Reynolds 29 1988 Seattle Mariners AL  
Burt Shotton 29 1914 St. Louis Browns AL  
Tris Speaker 29 1914 Boston Red Sox AL  
Del Pratt 28 1914 St. Louis Browns AL 19
Burt Shotton 28 1916 St. Louis Browns AL  
Tris Speaker 28 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Rollie Zeider 28 1912 Chicago White Sox AL  
Donie Bush 27 1915 Detroit Tigers AL 23
Tris Speaker 27 1916 Cleveland Indians AL  
Frank Baker 26 1912 Philadelphia Athletics AL 25
Donie Bush 26 1914 Detroit Tigers AL  
Rickey Henderson 26 1980 Oakland Athletics AL  
Armando Marsans 26 1916 St. Louis Browns AL  
Billy North 26 1974 Oakland Athletics AL  
Burt Shotton 26 1912 St. Louis Browns AL  
George Sisler 26 1916 St. Louis Browns AL  
Roy Hartzell 25 1914 New York Yankees AL 32
Lee Magee 25 1916 New York Yankees AL  
Danny Moeller 25 1914 Washington Senators AL  
Tris Speaker 25 1915 Boston Red Sox AL  
Ty Cobb 24 1916 Detroit Tigers AL 36
Shano Collins 24 1914 Chicago White Sox AL  
Chad Curtis 24 1993 California Angels AL  
Luis Polonia 24 1993 California Angels AL  
Jimmy Austin 23 1914 St. Louis Browns AL 40
Bobby Bonds 23 1979 Cleveland Indians AL  
Ben Chapman 23 1931 New York Yankees AL  
Miguel Dilone 23 1978 Oakland Athletics AL  
Larry Gardner 23 1914 Boston Red Sox AL  
Larry Gardner 23 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Alfredo Griffin 23 1980 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Scott Podsednik 23 2005 Chicago White Sox AL  
Luis Polonia 23 1991 California Angels AL  
Del Pratt 23 1915 St. Louis Browns AL  
Morrie Rath 23 1912 Chicago White Sox AL  
Sam Rice 23 1926 Washington Senators AL  
Amos Strunk 23 1916 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Bobby Bonds 22 1978 Chicago White Sox AL 53
Texas Rangers AL
Don Buford 22 1966 Chicago White Sox AL  
Brett Butler 22 1984 Cleveland Indians AL  
Bert Campaneris 22 1968 Oakland Athletics AL  
Rod Carew 22 1976 Minnesota Twins AL  
Eddie Collins 22 1912 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Tom Goodwin 22 1996 Kansas City Royals AL  
Rickey Henderson 22 1981 Oakland Athletics AL  
Lance Johnson 22 1990 Chicago White Sox AL  
Jake Stahl 22 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Amos Strunk 22 1914 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Don Buford 21 1967 Chicago White Sox AL 64
Eddie Collins 21 1916 Chicago White Sox AL  
Mike Edwards 21 1978 Oakland Athletics AL  
Roy Johnson 21 1931 Detroit Tigers AL  
Clyde Milan 21 1914 Washington Senators AL  
Clyde Milan 21 1916 Washington Senators AL  
Ward Miller 21 1916 St. Louis Browns AL  
Johnny Mostil 21 1928 Chicago White Sox AL  
Otis Nixon 21 1995 Texas Rangers AL  
Luis Polonia 21 1992 California Angels AL  
Jerry Remy 21 1975 California Angels AL  
Babe Ruth 21 1923 New York Yankees AL  
Jimmy Walsh 21 1914 New York Yankees AL  
Philadelphia Athletics AL
Frank Baker 20 1914 Philadelphia Athletics AL 77
Brett Butler 20 1985 Cleveland Indians AL  
Bert Campaneris 20 1977 Texas Rangers AL  
Shano Collins 20 1912 Chicago White Sox AL  
Ray Demmitt 20 1914 Chicago White Sox AL  
Detroit Tigers AL
Cecil Espy 20 1989 Texas Rangers AL  
Damaso Garcia 20 1982 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Larry Gardner 20 1920 Cleveland Indians AL  
Tom Goodwin 20 1998 Texas Rangers AL  
Harry Hooper 20 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Harry Hooper 20 1915 Boston Red Sox AL  
Joe Jackson 20 1915 Chicago White Sox AL  
Cleveland Indians AL
Hal Janvrin 20 1914 Boston Red Sox AL  
Ron LeFlore 20 1976 Detroit Tigers AL  
Ron LeFlore 20 1975 Detroit Tigers AL  
Baldy Louden 20 1912 Detroit Tigers AL  
Johnny Mostil 20 1925 Chicago White Sox AL  
Billy North 20 1973 Oakland Athletics AL  
Harold Reynolds 20 1987 Seattle Mariners AL  
Bobby Veach 20 1914 Detroit Tigers AL  
Heinie Wagner 20 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Claudell Washington 20 1976 Oakland Athletics AL  
Buck Weaver 20 1915 Chicago White Sox AL  
Buck Weaver 20 1912 Chicago White Sox AL 100
Buck Weaver 20 1914 Chicago White Sox AL  
Gus Williams 20 1914 St. Louis Browns AL  
Ken Williams 20 1922 St. Louis Browns AL  
Ralph Young 20 1916 Detroit Tigers AL  
Current Through 2009 Season


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The National League single season record for being caught stealing was set in 1914 by Miller Huggins of the St. Louis Cardinals. The American League single season record for being caught stealing is on this page. Is either the Career Leader for Caught Stealing?
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