Stolen Bases Records by Baseball Almanac

Stolen Bases Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for stolen bases — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related records.

"A good base stealer should make the whole infield jumpy." - Joe Morgan

Stolen Base Records Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Highest Percentage In A Career (300 Minimum Attempts)	AL	Willie Wilson	Kansas City	.833
	AL	Willie Wilson	Oakland	.833
	NL	Tim Raines	Montreal	.857
	NL	Tim Raines	Florida	.857
	ML	Tim Raines	Montreal	.847
			Chicago [AL]
			New York [AL]
			Oakland
			Baltimore
			Florida
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	867	1,270
			New York	326
			Toronto	22
			Anaheim	16
			Seattle	31
			Boston	8
	NL	Lou Brock	Chicago	50	938
	NL	Lou Brock	St. Louis	888	938
	ML	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	867	1,406
			New York [AL]	326
			Toronto	22
			Anaheim	16
			Seattle	31
			San Diego	91
			New York [NL]	42
			Boston	8
			Los Angeles	3
Most Consecutive Steals In A Career Without 1 Caught Stealing	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle^(#1)	45	04-29-2006
	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle^(#45)	45	05-16-2007
	NL	Vince Coleman	St. Louis^(#1)	50	09-18-1988
	NL	Vince Coleman	St. Louis^(#50)	50	07-26-1989
Stolen Base Records Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest By The League Leader	AL	Dom DiMaggio	Boston	15	1950
Fewest By The League Leader	NL	Stan Hack	Chicago	16	1938
Most In A Season (Top 100)	AA	Hugh Nicol	Cincinnati	138	1887
	AL	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	130	1982
	NL	Lou Brock	St. Louis	118	1974
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Kenny Lofton	Cleveland	66	1992
Most In A Season By A Rookie	NL	Vince Coleman	St. Louis	110	1985
Most In A Season Without 1 Caught Stealing	AL	Paul Molitor	Toronto	20	1994
Most In A Season Without 1 Caught Stealing	NL	Kevin McReynolds	New York	21	1988
Most Seasons Leading The League (Year-by-Year Leaders)	AL	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	12	1980
			Oakland		1981
			Oakland		1982
			Oakland		1983
			Oakland		1984
			New York		1985
			New York		1986
			New York		1988
			Oakland		1989
			Oakland		1990
			Oakland		1991
			Oakland		1998
	NL	Max Carey	Pittsburgh	10	1913
			Pittsburgh		1915
			Pittsburgh		1916
			Pittsburgh		1917
			Pittsburgh		1918
			Pittsburgh		1920
			Pittsburgh		1922
			Pittsburgh		1923
			Pittsburgh		1924
			Pittsburgh		1925
Most Seasons Leading The League Consecutively (Year-by-Year Leaders)	AL	Luis Aparicio	Chicago	9	1956
			Chicago		1957
			Chicago		1958
			Chicago		1959
			Chicago		1960
			Chicago		1961
			Chicago		1962
			Baltimore		1963
			Baltimore		1964
	NL	Vince Coleman	St. Louis	6	1985
			St. Louis		1986
			St. Louis		1987
			St. Louis		1988
			St. Louis		1989
			St. Louis		1990
		Maury Wills	Los Angeles		1960
			Los Angeles		1961
			Los Angeles		1962
			Los Angeles		1963
			Los Angeles		1964
			Los Angeles		1965
Stolen Base Records Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game	AL	Eddie Collins	Philadelphia	6	09-11-1912
	AL	Eddie Collins	Philadelphia	6	09-22-1912
	NL	George Gore	Chicago	7	06-25-1881
	NL	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia	7	08-31-1894
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Stolen Bases Records

Did you know that Lou Brock (who had 12) and Rickey Henderson (who had 13) are the only two players in Major League history with at least twelve seasons with fifty or more stolen bases?

On the fact above, Lou Brock's twelve seasons were ALL consecutive compared to Rickey Henderson who "only" had seven of his twelve in order.

At the end of the 1983 season, Rickey Henderson had become the first and only player to have two back to back seasons (1982 & 1983) with more than one-hundred stolen bases. Four years later Vince Coleman broke that amazing record when he stole more than one-hundred bases for three consecutive seasons (1985, 1986 & 1987).

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