Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book of baseball milestones for stolen bases by a team in a season, caught stealing team related marks, steals of home plate by teams and other team related stolen base records.

"Whether you steal or not, you're changing the rhythm of the game." - Hall of Famer Joe Morgan
Stolen Bases

Single Season Team Records

Record Lg Team(s) Data

Fewest
In A Season

AL

Washington

13

1957
NL

St. Louis

17

1949

Most
In A Season

AA

Philadelphia

638

1887
AL

Oakland

341

1976
NL

New York

426

1893
Stolen Bases

Game Records

Record Lg Team(s) Data

Most
In A Game
By One Team

AA

Philadelphia [vs Syracuse]

19

04-22-1890
AL

New York [vs St. Louis]

15

09-28-1911
NL

New York [vs Pittsburgh]

17

05-23-1890

Most
In A Game
By Both Teams

AA

Philadelphia [19] vs Syracuse [2]

21

04-22-1890
AL

New York [15] vs St. Louis [0]

15

09-28-1911

St. Louis [8] vs Detroit [7]

10-01-1916
NL

New York [17] vs Pittsburgh [3]

20

05-23-1890

Most
In 1 Inning

AL

Washington [vs Cleveland]

8

07-19-1915
1st Inning
NL

Philadelphia [vs New York]

8

07-07-1919
9th Inning

Most Seasons
Leading The League

AL

Chicago

30
NL

Brooklyn / Los Angeles

17

St. Louis

Record Lg Team(s) Data

 

Stealing Home

Single Season Team Records

Record Lg Team(s) Data

Most
In A Season

AL

New York

18

1912
NL

Chicago

17

1911

New York

1912
Stealing Home

Game Records

Record Lg Team(s) Data

Most
In A Game

AL

Chicago [vs St. Louis[

3

07-02-1909

New York [vs Philadelphia]

04-17-1915
NL

St. Louis [vs Boston]

3

09-30-1907

Chicago [vs Boston]

08-23-1909

New York [vs Pittsburgh]

09-18-1911
Record Lg Team(s) Data

 

Caught Stealing

Single Season Team Records

Record Lg Team(s) Data

Fewest
In A Season

AL

Kansas City

11

1960

Cleveland

1960
NL

Milwaukee

8

1958

Most
In A Season

AL

New York

191

1914
NL

Chicago

149

1924
Caught Stealing

Game Records

Record Lg Team(s) Data

Most
In A Game

AL

St. Louis [vs Philadelphia]

6

05-12-1915

Chicago [vs Philadelphia]

06-18-1915
NL

Baltimore [vs Washington]

8

05-11-1897
Record Lg Team(s) Data


On July 25, 1930, the Philadelphia Athletics executed a triple steal twice during the same game against the Clevelend Indians. This was the first and only time in Major League history where such an event took place.

On August 3, 1914, Les Nunamaker of the New York Yankees tied the Major League record set by Jocko Milligan, of the American Association in a game played on July 26, 1887, when he caught 3 players from the Detroit Tigers stealing during the same (2nd) inning.

Did you know that the last time a team stole home plate twice during the same inning was on May 28, 1980? It was during the first inning and the Oakland Athletics were successful twice against the Kansas City Royals.