Caught Stealing Single Season National League Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for Caught Stealing in the National League

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) National League 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.

"(Miller) Huggins was almost like a schoolmaster in the dugout. There was no goofing off. You watched the game, and you kept track not only of the score and the number of outs, but of the count on the batter. At any moment, Hug might ask you what the situation was." - Waite Hoyt on BaseballHallOfFame.org (Miller Huggins Page)

Caught Stealing Single Season National League Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Caught Stealing	Year	Team	League	Rank
Miller Huggins	36	1914	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1
George Burns	35	1913	New York Giants	NL	2
Lou Brock	33	1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3
Omar Moreno	33	1980	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Maury Wills	31	1965	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	5
Steve Sax	30	1983	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	6
Charlie Hollocher	29	1922	Chicago Cubs	NL	7
Tillie Shafer	29	1913	New York Giants	NL
Brett Butler	28	1991	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	9
Pat Duncan	28	1922	Cincinnati Reds	NL
George Grantham	28	1923	Chicago Cubs	NL
Dave Bancroft	27	1915	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	12
Lou Brock	27	1965	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Vince Coleman	27	1988	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Bernie Friberg	27	1924	Chicago Cubs	NL
Gerald Young	27	1988	Houston Astros	NL
George Burns	26	1916	New York Giants	NL	17
Benny Kauff	26	1916	New York Giants	NL
Lee Magee	26	1913	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Omar Moreno	26	1982	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Rebel Oakes	26	1913	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Lonnie Smith	26	1982	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Milt Stock	26	1916	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Vince Coleman	25	1985	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	24
Ed Konetchy	25	1913	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Red Murray	25	1913	New York Giants	NL
Billy Southworth	25	1920	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
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	31
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
Edd Roush	24	1920	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Garry Templeton	24	1977	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Maury Wills	24	1966	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
George Burns	23	1922	Cincinnati Reds	NL	40
Brett Butler	23	1983	Atlanta Braves	NL
Jose Cruz	23	1977	Houston Astros	NL
George Cutshaw	23	1915	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Delino DeShields	23	1991	Montreal Expos	NL
Dave Robertson	23	1920	Chicago Cubs	NL
Jigger Statz	23	1923	Chicago Cubs	NL
Bob Bescher	22	1913	Cincinnati Reds	NL	47
Sam Bohne	22	1921	Cincinnati Reds	NL
George Burns	22	1920	New York Giants	NL
Enos Cabell	22	1977	Houston Astros	NL
Chuck Carr	22	1993	Florida Marlins	NL
Luis Castillo	22	2000	Florida Marlins	NL
Vince Coleman	22	1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Delino DeShields	22	1990	Montreal Expos	NL
Jack Fournier	22	1921	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
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
Eric Young	22	1999	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
Brett Butler	21	1992	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	62
Cesar Cedeno	21	1972	Houston Astros	NL
Dave Collins	21	1980	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Joe Connolly	21	1913	Boston Braves	NL
George Grantham	21	1924	Chicago Cubs	NL
Hans Lobert	21	1913	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Omar Moreno	21	1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Otis Nixon	21	1991	Atlanta Braves	NL
Dode Paskert	21	1916	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Len Randle	21	1977	New York Mets	NL
Jose Reyes	21	2007	New York Mets	NL
Quilvio Veras	21	1995	Florida Marlins	NL
Alan Wiggins	21	1984	San Diego Padres	NL
Maury Wills	21	1969	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
Maury Wills	21	1969	Montreal Expos	NL
Maury Wills	21	1968	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Carson Bigbee	20	1921	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	77
Lou Brock	20	1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
George Burns	20	1921	New York Giants	NL
George Burns	20	1915	New York Giants	NL
Brett Butler	20	1988	San Francisco Giants	NL
George Cutshaw	20	1916	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Ivan DeJesus	20	1979	Chicago Cubs	NL
Tony Fernandez	20	1992	San Diego Padres	NL
Bob Fisher	20	1915	Chicago Cubs	NL
Jack Fournier	20	1920	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Greg Gross	20	1974	Houston Astros	NL
Vladimir Guerrero	20	2002	Montreal Expos	NL
Ray Lankford	20	1991	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Kenny Lofton	20	1997	Atlanta Braves	NL
Austin McHenry	20	1921	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Juan Pierre	20	2003	Florida Marlins	NL
Juan Pierre	20	2006	Chicago Cubs	NL
Gene Richards	20	1982	San Diego Padres	NL
Edd Roush	20	1925	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Vic Saier	20	1913	Chicago Cubs	NL
Juan Samuel	20	1990	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
Billy Southworth	20	1921	Boston Braves	NL
Frank Taveras	20	1979	New York Mets	NL
Frank Taveras	20	1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Bobby Tolan	20	1970	Cincinnati Reds	NL	100
Name	Caught Stealing	Year	Team	League	Rank
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The American League single season record for being caught stealing was set in 1982 by Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics. The National League single season record for being caught stealing is on this page. Is either the Career Leader for Caught Stealing?

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