Stolen bases are almost a thing of lore. They were huge in baseball’s early days and seemed to reach its pinnacle in the 1980s and early ’90s with the likes of Vince Coleman, Rickey Henderson, Kenny Lofton, Otis Nixon and Tim Raines. But gone are the days when 60 stolen bases would lead the league.
In the last 10 years, Jacoby Ellsbury‘s 70 stolen bases (2009) are the most in baseball. Dee Gordon‘s 64 steals in 2014 (with the Dodgers!