[Mick]

St. Louis Cardinals? Around 1985?

Not the Cardinals, but it is a National League team. The year Vince Coleman set the record, the Cardinals had 248. The record is 346. Think unlikely team...:D

The record, BTW, is post-1900. Pre-1900, there were rules that artificially increased stolen bases; e.g., if a player hit a long single and stretched it into two bases, he would get credit for a single and a stolen base.

The American record holder is the 1976 pre-Rickey Henderson A's have the second-most stolen bases by one team in a season with 341, including:

Bill North, 75
Campy Campaneris, 54
Don Baylor, 52
Claudell Washington, 37
Phil Garner, 35
Larry Lintz, 31 (basically a designated runner)
Sal Bando 20
Matt Alexander 20 (DH)

Interesting team. This is one year after three consecutive WS championships. They ran like crazy, lost Catfish and Reggie to the Yankees, had just two All-Stars, Phil Garner and Rollie Fingers; but Bando, Rudi, Tenace, Vida Blue and Fingers got MVP votes.

Fewest stolen bases to win a league title is Dom DiMaggio of the Red Sox leading the AL with 15 in 1950. That year, only five players across both leagues had 15, including Sam Jethroe (38, Braves), Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider (17 and 16, Dodgers), and Earl Torgeson (15, Braves)

[Mick]

St. Louis Cardinals? Around 1985?

Not the Cardinals, but it is a National League team. The year Vince Coleman set the record, the Cardinals had 248. The record is 346. Think unlikely team...:D

The record, BTW, is post-1900. Pre-1900, there were rules that artificially increased stolen bases; e.g., if a player hit a long single and stretched it into two bases, he would get credit for a single and a stolen base.

The American record holder is the 1976 pre-Rickey Henderson A's have the second-most stolen bases by one team in a season with 341, including:

Bill North, 75
Campy Campaneris, 54
Don Baylor, 52
Claudell Washington, 37
Phil Garner, 35
Larry Lintz, 31 (basically a designated runner)
Sal Bando 20
Matt Alexander 20 (DH)

Interesting team. This is one year after three consecutive WS championships. They ran like crazy, lost Catfish and Reggie to the Yankees, had just two All-Stars, Phil Garner and Rollie Fingers; but Bando, Rudi, Tenace, Vida Blue and Fingers got MVP votes.

Fewest stolen bases to win a league title is Dom DiMaggio of the Red Sox leading the AL with 15 in 1950. That year, only five players across both leagues had 15, including Sam Jethroe (38, Braves), Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider (17 and 16, Dodgers), and Earl Torgeson (15, Braves)