rickey henderson has most stolen bases in mlb history.
rickey henderson has most stolen bases in mlb history.
who has most stolen bases in mlb history?
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
the career season for walker was 1997, when he hit .366 with 49 home runs, 130 rbi, 208 hits, 143 runs scored, 33 stolen bases, .720 slugging percentage, 1.172 ops, 409 total bases and 9.8 war. he won the nl mvp award, thus becoming the first canadian player to win the mvp in major league baseball. the home run and stolen base totals placed him in the 30–30 club. he became and remains the only player to have reached at least 30 stolen bases and a slugging percentage of .700 in the same season, the second with at least 45 home runs and 30 stolen bases, and the fifth with 40−30. the 9.8 war produced is tied for the 64th-highest single-season total among position players in mlb history, per baseball-reference.com. walker's production slotted within four hits and 10 rbi of winning the first batting triple crown in 60 years. he led the major leagues in war, slugging, ops, total bases, runs created (187), adjusted batting runs (71), adjusted batting wins (6.7), extra base hits (99), and offensive win % (.857); and the nl in on-base percentage (.452), and at bats per home run (11.6).
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