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Barry Bonds founded the 500 home run/500 stolen base club yesterday. Actually, he joined the 633-500 club, but 500-500 sounds nicer.
However, he still trails Rickey Henderson in total home runs and stolen bases. Here are the all-time leaders:
Name | HR | SB | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Rickey Henderson | 295 | 1403 | 1698 |
Barry Bonds | 633 | 500 | 1133 |
Lou Brock | 149 | 938 | 1087 |
Ty Cobb | 117 | 892 | 1009 |
Willie Mays | 660 | 338 | 998 |
Hank Aaron | 755 | 240 | 995 |
Tim Raines | 170 | 808 | 978 |
Joe Morgan | 268 | 689 | 957 |
Billy Hamilton | 40 | 912 | 952 |
Babe Ruth | 714 | 123 | 837 |
Honus Wagner | 101 | 722 | 823 |
Max Carey | 70 | 738 | 808 |
Bobby Bonds | 332 | 461 | 793 |
Eddie Collins | 47 | 744 | 791 |
Reggie Jackson | 563 | 228 | 791 |
Frank Robinson | 586 | 204 | 790 |
Vince Coleman | 28 | 752 | 780 |
Arlie Latham | 27 | 739 | 766 |
Andre Dawson | 438 | 314 | 752 |
Cesar Cedeno | 199 | 550 | 749 |
Sammy Sosa | 506 | 233 | 739 |
Paul Molitor | 234 | 504 | 738 |
Bert Campaneris | 79 | 649 | 728 |
Mike Schmidt | 548 | 174 | 722 |
Tom Brown | 64 | 657 | 721 |
Davey Lopes | 155 | 557 | 712 |
Willie Wilson | 41 | 668 | 709 |
What is cool about Bonds is how evenly distributed the dingers and steals are. Here are the most evenly distributed players (two-to-one or less with either one) with at least 500 combined steals/homers:
Name | HR | SB | Total | SB/HR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Mays | 660 | 338 | 998 | 51.21% |
Ellis Burks | 351 | 179 | 530 | 51.00% |
Gary Sheffield | 361 | 193 | 554 | 53.46% |
Joe Carter | 396 | 231 | 627 | 58.33% |
George Brett | 317 | 201 | 518 | 63.41% |
Larry Walker | 342 | 220 | 562 | 64.33% |
Darryl Strawberry | 335 | 221 | 556 | 65.97% |
Andre Dawson | 438 | 314 | 752 | 71.69% |
Ron Gant | 321 | 243 | 564 | 75.70% |
Jimmy Wynn | 291 | 225 | 516 | 77.32% |
Barry Bonds | 633 | 500 | 1133 | 78.99% |
Don Baylor | 338 | 285 | 623 | 84.32% |
Robin Yount | 251 | 271 | 522 | 107.97% |
Kirk Gibson | 255 | 284 | 539 | 111.37% |
Vada Pinson | 256 | 305 | 561 | 119.14% |
Ryne Sandberg | 282 | 344 | 626 | 121.99% |
Eric Davis | 282 | 349 | 631 | 123.76% |
Steve Finley | 236 | 285 | 521 | 120.76% |
Bobby Bonds | 332 | 461 | 793 | 138.86% |
Brady Anderson | 210 | 315 | 525 | 150.00% |
Devon White | 208 | 346 | 554 | 166.35% |
Amos Otis | 193 | 341 | 534 | 176.68% |
Craig Biggio | 204 | 386 | 590 | 189.22% |
Barry Larkin | 189 | 376 | 565 | 198.94% |
So who will join Bonds in the new club in the near future? It doesn't look promising. Here are the players under 32 years old who have at least 300 combined steals and taters:
Name | HR | SB | Total | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andruw Jones | 203 | 116 | 319 | 25 |
Alex Rodriguez | 316 | 167 | 483 | 26 |
Vladimir Guerrero | 217 | 119 | 336 | 26 |
Johnny Damon | 94 | 228 | 322 | 28 |
Shawn Green | 242 | 130 | 372 | 29 |
Chipper Jones | 265 | 115 | 380 | 30 |
Ray Durham | 115 | 231 | 346 | 30 |
Manny Ramirez | 326 | 29 | 355 | 30 |
Ryan Klesko | 239 | 79 | 318 | 31 |
Jim Thome | 351 | 18 | 369 | 31 |
Raul Mondesi | 253 | 222 | 475 | 31 |
The best bets appear to be the youngest, A-Rod and Andruw Jones, but they have already stopped stealing. Guerrero is behind them but given his 2002 steal total may be the best bet. He would still need 10 years as a 30-40 man to do it. Other than that, Mondesi appears to be the only one with the proper distribution of steals and homers and he is still stealing bases, but he would need to be a 30-30 man until he was 40 to break into the club.
My prediction is that unless baseball has a severe shift back to the pre-1993 high-scoring days, it will be hard for a player to get the requisite steals. Bonds is lucky in that he played in both eras. He has not had a 30-steal season since 1997 at the age of 32.
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