rickey henderson holds the record for most bases stolen.
rickey henderson holds the record for most bases stolen.
who holds the record for most bases stolen?
rickey henderson
, rickey henderson holds the mlb career stolen base record with 1,406. he is the only mlb player to have reached the 1,000 stolen bases milestone in his career. following henderson is lou brock with 938 stolen bases; billy hamilton is third on the all-time steals listing. his number of career steals varies with different sources, but all sources hold his career steals placing him in third on the list before ty cobb (897), tim raines (808), vince coleman (752), arlie latham (742), eddie collins (741), max carey (738), and honus wagner (723), who are the only other players to have stolen at least 700 bases. coleman is the leader for retired players that are not members of the hall of fame. hugh nicol is the leader for the most stolen bases in one season, with 138 stolen bases in 1887.
list of major league baseball career stolen bases leaders
preventing stolen bases by throwing to second base or third base to allow an infielder to tag a baserunner attempting to reach the base. a catcher who is very good at preventing stolen bases is said to have a low stolen-base percentage; a poor one has many bases stolen while he catches. (a pitcher who is slow to deliver is often more at fault for stolen bases than the catcher is.) ideally, a catcher should be able to get the ball from his glove to that of the player covering second base in under two seconds. this is referred to as a catcher's "pop time", the time elapsing between the popping sound of the pitch striking the catcher's mitt and the similar pop when the ball arrives at the glove of the fielder covering second base.
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