rickey henderson holds the stolen base record in mlb.
rickey henderson holds the stolen base record in mlb.
who holds the stolen base record in mlb?
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
while wills had broken cobb's single season stolen base record in 1962, the national league had increased its number of games played per team that year from 154 to 162. wills' 97th stolen base had occurred after his team had played its 154th game; as a result, commissioner ford frick ruled that wills' 104-steal season and cobb's 96-steal season of 1915 were separate records, just as he had the year before (the american league had also increased its number of games played per team to 162) after roger maris had broken babe ruth's single season home run record. both stolen base records would be broken in 1974 by lou brock's 118 steals; brock had broken cobb's stolen base record by stealing his 97th base before his st. louis cardinals had completed their 154th game.
maury wills