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Five-Steal Game

There have been 31 five-steal games since 1897, measured across 223,281 games, one every 7,202 games. The most recent was Billy Hamilton on 14 June 2015; the first was Tommy Dowd on 20 September 1897.

Five or more bases stolen by one runner.
31times in history
1 in 7,202games · 1897+
1897first · Tommy Dowd
2015-06-14most recent · Billy Hamilton
44y 2mlongest drought · 1927-07-09 to 1971-09-07

By decade

1890s3
1900s1
1910s5
1920s1
1970s3
1980s4
1990s5
2000s7
2010s2

Done it most

Every occurrence (31 of them)

DatePlayer#Game
2015-06-14Billy Hamilton531
2013-05-30Jacoby Ellsbury530
2009-05-03Carl Crawford629
2009-04-27Dexter Fowler528
2008-06-14Willy Taveras527
2005-07-27Ryan Freel526
2000-09-28Scarborough Green525
2000-09-03Kenny Lofton524
2000-05-14Eric Young523
1999-06-28Damian Jackson522
1996-06-30Eric Young621
1992-05-03Alex Cole520
1991-06-16Otis Nixon619
1990-08-01Alex Cole518
1989-07-29Rickey Henderson517
1986-09-20Tony Gwynn516
1984-05-17Alan Wiggins515
1982-09-04Lonnie Smith514
1976-05-24Bert Campaneris513
1974-08-24Davey Lopes512
1971-09-07Amos Otis511
1927-07-09Johnny Neun510
1914-08-16Vin Campbell59
1912-09-22Eddie Collins68
1912-09-11Eddie Collins67
1912-06-14Clyde Milan56
1912-05-18Eddie Collins55
1904-05-27Dan McGann54
1899-06-24Tom O'Brien53
1898-07-29George Van Haltren52
1897-09-20Tommy Dowd51