Single Season Leaders for Caught Stealing in the National 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) National 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.
"(Miller) Huggins was almost like a schoolmaster in the dugout. There was no goofing off. You watched the game, and you kept track not only of the score and the number of outs, but of the count on the batter. At any moment, Hug might ask you what the situation was." - Waite Hoyt on BaseballHallOfFame.org (Miller Huggins Page)
Caught Stealing
Single Season National League Leaders

'Top 100'
Miller Huggins 36 1914 St. Louis Cardinals NL 1
George Burns 35 1913 New York Giants NL 2
Lou Brock 33 1974 St. Louis Cardinals NL 3
Omar Moreno 33 1980 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Maury Wills 31 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 5
Steve Sax 30 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 6
Charlie Hollocher 29 1922 Chicago Cubs NL 7
Tillie Shafer 29 1913 New York Giants NL  
Brett Butler 28 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 9
Pat Duncan 28 1922 Cincinnati Reds NL  
George Grantham 28 1923 Chicago Cubs NL  
Dave Bancroft 27 1915 Philadelphia Phillies NL 12
Lou Brock 27 1965 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Vince Coleman 27 1988 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Bernie Friberg 27 1924 Chicago Cubs NL  
Gerald Young 27 1988 Houston Astros NL  
George Burns 26 1916 New York Giants NL 17
Benny Kauff 26 1916 New York Giants NL  
Lee Magee 26 1913 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Omar Moreno 26 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Rebel Oakes 26 1913 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Lonnie Smith 26 1982 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Milt Stock 26 1916 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Vince Coleman 25 1985 St. Louis Cardinals NL 24
Ed Konetchy 25 1913 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Red Murray 25 1913 New York Giants NL  
Billy Southworth 25 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Frank Taveras 25 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Eric Yelding 25 1990 Houston Astros NL  
Gerald Young 25 1989 Houston Astros NL  
Lou Brock 24 1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL 31
Tommy Griffith 24 1915 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Cliff Heathcote 24 1924 Chicago Cubs NL  
Ray Lankford 24 1992 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Billy North 24 1979 San Francisco Giants NL  
Juan Pierre 24 2004 Florida Marlins NL  
Edd Roush 24 1920 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Garry Templeton 24 1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Maury Wills 24 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
George Burns 23 1922 Cincinnati Reds NL 40
Brett Butler 23 1983 Atlanta Braves NL  
Jose Cruz 23 1977 Houston Astros NL  
George Cutshaw 23 1915 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Delino DeShields 23 1991 Montreal Expos NL  
Dave Robertson 23 1920 Chicago Cubs NL  
Jigger Statz 23 1923 Chicago Cubs NL  
Bob Bescher 22 1913 Cincinnati Reds NL 47
Sam Bohne 22 1921 Cincinnati Reds NL  
George Burns 22 1920 New York Giants NL  
Enos Cabell 22 1977 Houston Astros NL  
Chuck Carr 22 1993 Florida Marlins NL  
Luis Castillo 22 2000 Florida Marlins NL  
Vince Coleman 22 1987 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Delino DeShields 22 1990 Montreal Expos NL  
Jack Fournier 22 1921 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Omar Moreno 22 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Hy Myers 22 1915 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Babe Pinelli 22 1922 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Terry Puhl 22 1979 Houston Astros NL  
Edgar Renteria 22 1998 Florida Marlins NL  
Eric Young 22 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Brett Butler 21 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 62
Cesar Cedeno 21 1972 Houston Astros NL  
Dave Collins 21 1980 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Joe Connolly 21 1913 Boston Braves NL  
George Grantham 21 1924 Chicago Cubs NL  
Hans Lobert 21 1913 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Omar Moreno 21 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Otis Nixon 21 1991 Atlanta Braves NL  
Dode Paskert 21 1916 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Len Randle 21 1977 New York Mets NL  
Jose Reyes 21 2007 New York Mets NL  
Quilvio Veras 21 1995 Florida Marlins NL  
Alan Wiggins 21 1984 San Diego Padres NL  
Maury Wills 21 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Montreal Expos NL
Maury Wills 21 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Carson Bigbee 20 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 77
Lou Brock 20 1973 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
George Burns 20 1921 New York Giants NL  
George Burns 20 1915 New York Giants NL  
Brett Butler 20 1988 San Francisco Giants NL  
George Cutshaw 20 1916 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Ivan DeJesus 20 1979 Chicago Cubs NL  
Tony Fernandez 20 1992 San Diego Padres NL  
Bob Fisher 20 1915 Chicago Cubs NL  
Jack Fournier 20 1920 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Greg Gross 20 1974 Houston Astros NL  
Vladimir Guerrero 20 2002 Montreal Expos NL  
Ray Lankford 20 1991 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Kenny Lofton 20 1997 Atlanta Braves NL  
Austin McHenry 20 1921 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Juan Pierre 20 2003 Florida Marlins NL  
Juan Pierre 20 2006 Chicago Cubs NL  
Gene Richards 20 1982 San Diego Padres NL  
Edd Roush 20 1925 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Vic Saier 20 1913 Chicago Cubs NL  
Juan Samuel 20 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Billy Southworth 20 1921 Boston Braves NL  
Frank Taveras 20 1979 New York Mets NL  
Pittsburgh Pirates NL
Bobby Tolan 20 1970 Cincinnati Reds NL 100
Current Through 2009 Season


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The American League single season record for being caught stealing was set in 1982 by Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics. The National League single season record for being caught stealing is on this page. Is either the Career Leader for Caught Stealing?
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