Triples and Stolen Bases in the Same Game
Posted by Raphy on January 26, 2009
I thought it might be fun to see which players were able to rack up the two main speed stats, triples and stolen bases in the same game. What intrigued me about this is that, except for the adventurous few, these stats are not interrelated, getting a triple will not increase your ability to steal a base.
Here are the single season leaders since 1956.
Year Games Link to Individual Games -----------------+----+-----+------------------------- Willie Wilson 1979 9 Ind. Games Jose Reyes 2008 8 Ind. Games Willie Wilson 1980 7 Ind. Games Ron LeFlore 1979 7 Ind. Games Vince Coleman 1988 7 Ind. Games Juan Samuel 1984 6 Ind. Games Jose Reyes 2005 6 Ind. Games Omar Moreno 1979 6 Ind. Games Ron LeFlore 1980 6 Ind. Games Carl Crawford 2006 6 Ind. Games Vince Coleman 1987 6 Ind. Games Lou Brock 1966 6 Ind. Games
Looks like Reyes just missed tying Willie Wilson.
As for the career leaders since 1956, Lou Brock is the champ.
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Lou Brock 40 Ind. Games Vince Coleman 38 Ind. Games Willie Wilson 35 Ind. Games Kenny Lofton 31 Ind. Games Tim Raines 27 Ind. Games Omar Moreno 26 Ind. Games Rickey Henderson 24 Ind. Games Brett Butler 24 Ind. Games Juan Samuel 23 Ind. Games Joe Morgan 23 Ind. Games Ron LeFlore 23 Ind. Games Bert Campaneris 23 Ind. Games Jose Reyes 21 Ind. Games Lance Johnson 21 Ind. Games Juan Pierre 19 Ind. Games
Finally, here are all the games since 1956 when a player had multiple triples and stolen bases in the same game:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Jayson Werth 2007-09-18 PHI @STL W 7-4 7 6 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7th RF 2 Larry Walker 1996-05-22 COL PIT W 6-3 4 3 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4th CF 3 Lance Johnson 1995-09-02 CHW TOR W 10-4 5 5 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1st CF 4 Lance Johnson 1994-05-30 CHW @NYY W 7-2 4 4 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7th CF 5 Vince Coleman 1994-05-29 KCR NYY W 10-6 5 5 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st LF 6 Vince Coleman 1985-08-01 STL @CHC L 8-9 7 7 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st CF LF 7 Willie McGee 1985-05-26 STL @CIN W 7-2 5 4 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2nd CF 8 Steve Sax 1984-06-29 LAD CHC W 7-1 5 5 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st 2B 9 Bud Harrelson 1966-09-16 NYM @SFG W 5-4 5 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st SS 10 Willie Davis 1962-07-22 LAD @CHC W 13-6 4 3 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3rd CF Werth had a total of 3 triples and 7 stolen bases in '07, Harrelson 4 and 7 in '66. Go figure.