Single Season Leaders for Caught Stealing

Stealing in a game is legal, but getting caught could easily cost your team at a chance for scoring. Highly proficient base thieves dominate this list making the old argument about the value of a steal debatable.

Raw speed and the ability to steal a base are needed to appear on Baseball Almanac's chart of the top one-hundred (100) single season caught stealing leaders as if you are not attempting the steal, you could not get caught stealing as often as these players have. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"He (Rickey Henderson) creates a buzz. The two-sided thing for us is he will put people in the seats, and he can still play a little bit." - Surf Dawgs Manager Terry Kennedy in the Union Tribune (05/09/2005)
Caught Stealing
Single Season Leaders

'Top 100'
Rickey Henderson 42 1982 Oakland Athletics AL 1
Ty Cobb 38 1915 Detroit Tigers AL 2
Miller Huggins 36 1914 St. Louis Cardinals NL 3
George Burns 35 1913 New York Giants NL 4
Ty Cobb 34 1912 Detroit Tigers AL 5
Lou Brock 33 1974 St. Louis Cardinals NL 6
Harry Lord 33 1912 Chicago White Sox AL  
Omar Moreno 33 1980 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Doc Cook 32 1914 New York Yankees AL 9
Eddie Murphy 32 1914 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Burt Shotton 32 1915 St. Louis Browns AL  
Duffy Lewis 31 1914 Boston Red Sox AL 12
Clyde Milan 31 1912 Washington Senators AL  
Maury Wills 31 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Eddie Collins 30 1915 Chicago White Sox AL 15
Eddie Collins 30 1914 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Del Pratt 30 1912 St. Louis Browns AL  
Sam Rice 30 1920 Washington Senators AL  
Steve Sax 30 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Eddie Collins 29 1923 Chicago White Sox AL 20
Charlie Hollocher 29 1922 Chicago Cubs NL  
Billy North 29 1976 Oakland Athletics AL  
Harold Reynolds 29 1988 Seattle Mariners AL  
Tillie Shafer 29 1913 New York Giants NL  
Burt Shotton 29 1914 St. Louis Browns AL  
Tris Speaker 29 1914 Boston Red Sox AL  
Brett Butler 28 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 27
Pat Duncan 28 1922 Cincinnati Reds NL  
George Grantham 28 1923 Chicago Cubs NL  
Del Pratt 28 1914 St. Louis Browns AL  
Burt Shotton 28 1916 St. Louis Browns AL  
Tris Speaker 28 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Rollie Zeider 28 1912 Chicago White Sox AL  
Dave Bancroft 27 1915 Philadelphia Phillies NL 34
Lou Brock 27 1965 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Donie Bush 27 1915 Detroit Tigers AL  
Vince Coleman 27 1988 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Bernie Friberg 27 1924 Chicago Cubs NL  
Tris Speaker 27 1916 Cleveland Indians AL  
Gerald Young 27 1988 Houston Astros NL  
Frank Baker 26 1912 Philadelphia Athletics AL 41
George Burns 26 1916 New York Giants NL  
Donie Bush 26 1914 Detroit Tigers AL  
Rickey Henderson 26 1980 Oakland Athletics AL  
Benny Kauff 26 1916 New York Giants NL  
Lee Magee 26 1913 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Armando Marsans 26 1916 St. Louis Browns AL  
Omar Moreno 26 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Billy North 26 1974 Oakland Athletics AL  
Rebel Oakes 26 1913 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Burt Shotton 26 1912 St. Louis Browns AL  
George Sisler 26 1916 St. Louis Browns AL  
Lonnie Smith 26 1982 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Milt Stock 26 1916 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Vince Coleman 25 1985 St. Louis Cardinals NL 55
Roy Hartzell 25 1914 New York Yankees AL  
Ed Konetchy 25 1913 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Lee Magee 25 1916 New York Yankees AL  
Danny Moeller 25 1914 Washington Senators AL  
Red Murray 25 1913 New York Giants NL  
Billy Southworth 25 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Tris Speaker 25 1915 Boston Red Sox AL  
Frank Taveras 25 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Eric Yelding 25 1990 Houston Astros NL  
Gerald Young 25 1989 Houston Astros NL  
Lou Brock 24 1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL 66
Ty Cobb 24 1916 Detroit Tigers AL  
Shano Collins 24 1914 Chicago White Sox AL  
Chad Curtis 24 1993 California Angels AL  
Tommy Griffith 24 1915 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Cliff Heathcote 24 1924 Chicago Cubs NL  
Ray Lankford 24 1992 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Billy North 24 1979 San Francisco Giants NL  
Juan Pierre 24 2004 Florida Marlins NL  
Luis Polonia 24 1993 California Angels AL  
Edd Roush 24 1920 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Alex Sanchez 24 2003 Detroit Tigers AL  
Milwaukee Brewers NL
Garry Templeton 24 1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Maury Wills 24 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Jimmy Austin 23 1914 St. Louis Browns AL 80
Bobby Bonds 23 1979 Cleveland Indians AL  
George Burns 23 1922 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Brett Butler 23 1983 Atlanta Braves NL  
Ben Chapman 23 1931 New York Yankees AL  
Jose Cruz 23 1977 Houston Astros NL  
George Cutshaw 23 1915 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Delino DeShields 23 1991 Montreal Expos NL  
Miguel Dilone 23 1978 Oakland Athletics AL  
Larry Gardner 23 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Larry Gardner 23 1914 Boston Red Sox AL  
Alfredo Griffin 23 1980 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Scott Podsednik 23 2005 Chicago White Sox AL  
Luis Polonia 23 1991 California Angels AL  
Del Pratt 23 1915 St. Louis Browns AL  
Morrie Rath 23 1912 Chicago White Sox AL  
Sam Rice 23 1926 Washington Senators AL  
Dave Robertson 23 1920 Chicago Cubs NL  
Jigger Statz 23 1923 Chicago Cubs NL  
Amos Strunk 23 1916 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Bob Bescher 22 1913 Cincinnati Reds NL 100
Sam Bohne 22 1921 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Bobby Bonds 22 1978 Chicago White Sox AL  
Texas Rangers AL
Don Buford 22 1966 Chicago White Sox AL  
George Burns 22 1920 New York Giants NL  
Brett Butler 22 1984 Cleveland Indians AL  
Enos Cabell 22 1977 Houston Astros NL  
Bert Campaneris 22 1968 Oakland Athletics AL  
Rod Carew 22 1976 Minnesota Twins AL  
Chuck Carr 22 1993 Florida Marlins NL  
Luis Castillo 22 2000 Florida Marlins NL  
Vince Coleman 22 1987 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Eddie Collins 22 1912 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Delino DeShields 22 1990 Montreal Expos NL  
Jack Fournier 22 1921 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Tom Goodwin 22 1996 Kansas City Royals AL  
Rickey Henderson 22 1981 Oakland Athletics AL  
Lance Johnson 22 1990 Chicago White Sox AL  
Omar Moreno 22 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Hy Myers 22 1915 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Babe Pinelli 22 1922 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Terry Puhl 22 1979 Houston Astros NL  
Edgar Renteria 22 1998 Florida Marlins NL  
Jake Stahl 22 1912 Boston Red Sox AL  
Amos Strunk 22 1914 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Eric Young 22 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Current Through End of 2007 Regular Season


Rickey Henderson is first overall (Major League record) for career caught stealing and holds the American League record with two-hundred ninety-three (293) while Lou Brock holds the National League record with three-hundred seven (307) caught stealing.

The American League single season record for caught stealing was set in 1982 by Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics. The National League single season record for caught stealing was set in 1914 by Miller Huggins of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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