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I've been looking for confirmation of this myself, but just looking through the most prolific base stealers' stats, it seems hard to imagine anyone could have stolen third more than Rickey Henderson. He stole third base 322 times, including 34 times in a single season in 1982.
Surprisingly, only 1, on July 6, 1980 when the Oakland A's beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4. Henderson had the speed to steal bases, and the power to hit home runs, but had just 66 triples in 3000 hits. (see related links)
In 1981, Rickey Henderson played in 108 games for the Oakland Athletics, batting in all of them. He had 423 at bats, getting 135 hits, for a .319 batting average, with 0 sacrifice hits, 4 sacrifice flies, and 35 runs batted in. He was walked 64 times, 4 times intentionally, and was hit by the pitch 2 times. He struck out 68 times. He hit 18 doubles, 7 triples, and 6 home runs.
In 1995, Rickey Henderson played in 112 games for the Oakland Athletics, batting in all of them. He had 407 at bats, getting 122 hits, for a .300 batting average, with 1 sacrifice hits, 3 sacrifice flies, and 54 runs batted in. He was walked 72 times, 2 times intentionally, and was hit by the pitch 4 times. He struck out 66 times. He hit 31 doubles, 1 triples, and 9 home runs.
In 1998, Rickey Henderson played in 152 games for the Oakland Athletics, batting in all of them. He had 542 at bats, getting 128 hits, for a .236 batting average, with 2 sacrifice hits, 3 sacrifice flies, and 57 runs batted in. He was walked 118 times, and was hit by the pitch 5 times. He struck out 114 times. He hit 16 doubles, 1 triples, and 14 home runs.