30–30 CLUB | BASEBALL ALMANAC

30 Home Runs and 30 Stolen Bases During the Same Season | Baseball Almanac

The Major League standard for true speed and power was the attainment of thirty home runs and thirty stolen bases during any single season. In 1988, Jose Canseco set a new standard when he reached 40–40, but the combination of 30–30 is still considered a unique and very desirable blend of power and speed. Research by Baseball Almanac.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"If you get two-hundred hits a season, you're going to hit .333 and you'll still have four-hundred outs. I don't see why you have to run down to first base every time to make an out." - Bonds, Bobby. Baseball's Greatest Quotations: An Illustrated Treasury of Baseball Quotations and Historical Lore. Dickson, Paul. Author. Collins Publishing. 2 September 2008. Page 66.

30–30 Club

30 Home Runs and 30 Stolen Bases in the American League

American League Players With 30 Home Runs and 30 Stolen Bases in a Season

1. Ken Williams (1) St. Louis LF 1922 39 37 153
2. Tommy Harper (1) Milwaukee 3B 1970 31 38 154
3. Bobby Bonds (3) New York RF 1975 32 30 145
4. Bobby Bonds (4) California RF 1977 37 41 158
5. Bobby Bonds (5) Chicago / Texas RF 1978 31 43 156
6. Joe Carter (1) Cleveland 1B 1987 32 31 149
7. Jose Canseco (1) Oakland RF 1988 42 40 158
8. Alex Rodriguez (1) Seattle SS 1998 42 46 161
9. Shawn Green (1) Toronto RF 1998 35 35 158
10. Jose Cruz, Jr. (1) Toronto CF 2001 34 32 146
11. Alfonso Soriano (1) New York 2B 2002 39 41 156
12. Alfonso Soriano (2) New York 2B 2003 38 35 156
13. Alfonso Soriano (3) Texas 2B 2005 36 30 156
14. Grady Sizemore (1) Cleveland CF 2008 33 38 157
15. Ian Kinsler (1) Texas 2B 2009 31 31 144
16. Jacoby Ellsbury (1) Boston CF 2011 32 39 158
17. Ian Kinsler (2) Texas 2B 2011 32 30 155
18. Mike Trout (1) Los Angeles CF 2012 30 49 139
19. Jose Ramirez (1) Cleveland 3B 2018 39 34 157
20. Mookie Betts (1) Boston RF 2018 32 30 136
21. Cedric Mullins (1) Baltimore CF 2021 30 30 159
22. Bobby Witt Jr. (1) Kansas City SS 2023 30 49 158
23. Julio Rodríguez (1) Seattle CF 2023 32 37 155

30–30 Club

30 Home Runs and 30 Stolen Bases in the National League

National League Players With 30 Home Runs and 30 Stolen Bases in a Season

1. Willie Mays (1) New York CF 1956 36 40 152
2. Willie Mays (2) New York CF 1957 35 38 152
3. Hank Aaron (1) Milwaukee RF 1963 44 31 161
4. Bobby Bonds (1) San Francisco RF 1969 32 45 158
5. Bobby Bonds (2) San Francisco RF 1973 39 43 160
6. Dale Murphy (1) Atlanta CF 1983 36 30 162
7. Eric Davis (1) Cincinnati CF 1987 37 50 129
8. Howard Johnson (1) New York 3B 1987 36 32 157
9. Darryl Strawberry (1) New York RF 1987 39 36 154
10. Howard Johnson (2) New York 3B 1989 36 41 153
11. Ron Gant (1) Atlanta CF 1990 32 33 152
12. Barry Bonds (1) Pittsburgh LF 1990 33 52 152
13. Ron Gant (2) Atlanta CF 1991 32 34 154
14. Howard Johnson (3) New York 3B 1991 38 30 156
15. Barry Bonds (2) Pittsburgh LF 1992 34 39 140
16. Sammy Sosa (1) Chicago RF 1993 36 33 159
17. Sammy Sosa (2) Chicago RF 1995 36 34 144
18. Barry Bonds (3) San Francisco LF 1995 33 31 144
19. Dante Bichette (1) Colorado RF 1996 31 31 159
20. Barry Bonds (4) San Francisco LF 1996 42 40 158
21. Ellis Burks (1) Colorado LF 1996 40 32 156
22. Barry Larkin (1) Cincinnati SS 1996 33 36 152
23. Larry Walker (1) Colorado RF 1997 49 33 153
24. Jeff Bagwell (1) Houston 1B 1997 43 31 162
25. Barry Bonds (5) San Francisco LF 1997 40 37 159
26. Raul Mondesi (1) Los Angeles RF 1997 30 32 159
27. Jeff Bagwell (2) Houston 1B 1999 42 30 162
28. Raul Mondesi (2) Los Angeles RF 1999 33 36 159
29. Preston Wilson (1) Florida CF 2000 31 36 161
30. Bobby Abreu (1) Philadelphia RF 2001 31 36 162
31. Vladimir Guerrero (1) Montreal RF 2001 34 37 159
32. Vladimir Guerrero (2) Montreal RF 2002 39 40 161
33. Bobby Abreu (2) Philadelphia RF 2004 30 40 159
34. Alfonso Soriano (4) Washington LF 2006 46 41 159
35. Brandon Phillips (1) Cincinnati 2B 2007 30 32 158
36. Jimmy Rollins (1) Philadelphia SS 2007 30 41 162
37. David Wright (1) New York 3B 2007 30 34 160
38. Hanley Ramirez (1) Florida SS 2008 33 35 153
39. Ryan Braun (1) Milwaukee LF 2011 33 33 150
40. Matt Kemp (1) Los Angeles CF 2011 39 40 161
41. Ryan Braun (2) Milwaukee LF 2012 41 30 154
42. Ronald Acuna Jr. (1) Atlanta LF 2019 41 37 156
43. Christian Yelich (1) Milwaukee RF 2019 44 30 130
44. Ronald Acuña Jr. (1) Atlanta RF 2023 41 73 159

30–30 Club

30 Home Runs and 30 Stolen Bases in a Season in Both Leagues

1. Carlos Beltran (1) Kansas City (AL) CF 2004 15 14 69
Houston (NL) CF 23 28 90
MLB OF 38 42 159
The 30–30 Club | Bold = 40–40 Club | Research by Baseball Almanac
baseball almanac flat baseball

baseball almanac fast facts

The National League might be older – it officially started in 1876, but the American League, which officially started in 1901, had the first 30–30 player in Major League Baseball history.

Bobby Bonds, and his son Barry Bonds, are the only two players to become 30–30 Club members five separate times each!

Hank Aaron also collected 201 hits during his 30–30 season (1963), the first 30-30 player from either league to reach the 200-hit benchmark. Since then, eight additional players have also had 200-or-more hits during their 30–30 season; Ellis Burks (211 hits in 1996), Larry Walker (208 hits in 1997), Alex Rodriguez (213 hits in 1998), Vladimir Guerrero (206 hits in 2002), Alfonso Soriano (209 hits in 2002), Jimmy Rollins (212 hits in 2007), Jacoby Ellsbury (212 hits in 2011), and Ronald Acuña Jr. (217 hits in 2023).

Did you know that Bobby Bonds was the first; and until 2006, when Alfonso Soriano tied him the only, Major League baseball player to hit at least thirty home runs and steal at least thirty bases in both the American and National League?