What's the record for stolen bases in a game?

[Tadahito Iguchi]

And by who? Thanks, Go sox!

[knightni]

AL                            

Eddie Collins Philadelphia  6  09-11-1912

Eddie Collins Philadelphia      09-22-1912

 

NL                            

George Gore   Chicago      7  06-25-1881

Billy Hamilton Philadelphia     08-31-1894

Edited June 18, 2005 by knightni

[Cloudyguy09]

i wouldn't be too surprised to see podsednik tie the al record with 6 this year he just needs a 3 hit or 4 hit game maybe 3 hits and a walk but that 7 sb in a game might hold up forever

Edited June 18, 2005 by Cloudyguy09

[Cloudyguy09]

actually now that i think about it that would be pretty hard to do he probally won't do it considering rickey henderson never did it

[kev211]

i wouldn't be too surprised to see podsednik tie the al record with 6 this year he just needs a 3 hit or 4 hit game maybe 3 hits and a walk but that 7 sb in a game might hold up forever

Yah and after he gets that 3-4 hit game he needs to actually get the bags stolen!

[Rowand44]

Yah and after he gets that 3-4 hit game he needs to actually get the bags stolen!

He had a chance earlier in the year when he had 4 stolen bases already in the game, problem was the game was a blowout. That's a tough thing to do for scotty because chances are if he's on base 3 times in a game already with 3-4 stolen bases, the sox are going to have scored a ton of runs that game possibly resulting in another blow out.

Edited June 18, 2005 by Rowand44

[marsh]

the fact that we play alot of close games weighs heavily in pods favor of swiping six.

[Al Lopez Ghost (old)]

There's also baseball etiquette involved here too. If your leadoff guy is getting on enough in a game to steal 4 or 5 bases, there's a pretty good chance your team is comfortably ahead. To keep stealing in that situation late in the game tends to piss off the opposition, to the point that someone may get drilled. So people don't keep stealing, by and large, in that situation, because it becomes an individual glory kind of thing that can rebound against the team. Plus, if you break a finger with a head first slide on your attempt to steal base number 7, you got a huge problem with your own team.

I think the record is safe.

[YASNY]

There's also baseball etiquette involved here too. If your leadoff guy is getting on enough in a game to steal 4 or 5 bases, there's a pretty good chance your team is comfortably ahead. To keep stealing in that situation late in the game tends to piss off the opposition, to the point that someone may get drilled. So people don't keep stealing, by and large, in that situation, because it becomes an individual glory kind of thing that can rebound against the team. Plus, if you break a finger with a head first slide on your attempt to steal base number 7, you got a huge problem with your own team.

I think the record is safe.

 

Well put.

[sayitaintso]

the fact that we play alot of close games weighs heavily in pods favor of swiping six.

If pods ever swiped six bags, the game should be a blowout. If it's not, then there's a problem.