Unveiling Baseball’s Greatest Heists: The Untold Stories Behind Stolen Base Records
“Lou Brock was the symbol of great base stealing,” he told the Oakland Coliseum crowd after breaking Brock’s all-time record, “but today, I am the greatest of all time.”
Given Rickey’s personality, it was surprising his iconic words weren’t declared in the third person, but he wasn’t far off base, either – not with all those steals. Henderson was only midway through his 25 seasons and went on to finish with 1,406 career stolen bases – a whopping 468 more than Brock’s No. 2 all-time total of 938.

The Hall-of-Famer Henderson, who was successful on 80.8% of his 1,741 career attempts, stands alone in baseball lore as the Man of Steal.



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