Vince Coleman, who played in the major leagues from 1985 to 1997, is the only player of Baseball's modern era to accomplish that feat. He stole 110 bases during his rookie season with the St. Louis Cardinals, and then stole 107 in 1986 and 109 in 1987. He is the only player in baseball history to steal 100-plus bases in each of his first three seasons. He was the last person to steal 100 bases in a season (in 1987) and ranks sixth all time with 752 career steals.
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Rickey Henderson is the only player to steal 100 bases or more for 3 seasons in a professional career.
In 1981, he failed to reach his 3rd straight 100+ stolen bases mark, only reaching 51. (Which steal lead the league). The year after that, he stole 108 bases, becoming the only player in MLB history to steal 350+ bases in 4 years.
what major league player stole more than 100 bases for three consecutive seasons
In the last 50 seasons ... 1) Sammy Sosa of the 2001 Cubs led the National League in runs scored with 146 and had 0 stolen bases. 2) Cal Ripken Jr. of the 1983 Orioles led the American League in runs scored with 121 and had 0 stolen bases. 3) Roger Maris of the 1961 Yankees led the American League in runs scored with 132 and had 0 stolen bases. Through games played on 9/14/10 for the 2010 season, Mark Teixeira leads the American League with 104 runs scored and has 0 stolen bases.
Michael Bourn had the most stolen bases in the National League in 2009 with 61.
Michael Bourn led the National League in stolen bases in 2009 with 61.
All time base stealer for the Red Sox was Harry Hooper with 300. Single season stolen base record (to be broken this year by Jacoby Ellsbury) was Tommy Harper with 54 in 1973.