Loading ...The stakes have been raised…speed has played a large role in different eras of the game. I will tell you that leaders come from all over the board and there will be names we’ve never seen on any previous list. We’ll acknowledge the modern leaders if you guess one; but be thinking about turn of the century players, too.
Again, we are trying to name the all-time stolen base leaders in MLB, by letter of the alphabet.
Good luck…
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–Career doubles by alphabet (MLB, Reds)
–Career RBI leaders by alphabet (MLB, Reds)
–Career batting average leaders by alphabet (MLB, Reds)
–Pitching Strikeouts by alphabet (MLB, Reds)
–Career homers by alphabet (MLB, Reds)
–Pitching wins by alphabet (MLB, Reds)
Wow, I get to leave a few of the more popular ones!
Henderson
Cobb (or Coleman?)
Brock
Lopes (or Lofton?)
Morgan
I should probably think about these a little longer; I’m getting a sinking feeling that a lot of more recent players litter this list.
Raines, Tim (Rock)
Yount?
Van Slyke?
Aparicio (or Alomar)?
Wills (or Wilson)?
Otis (or Offerman)?
Instead of Van Slyke, how about Von Hayes? or Vizquel?
Barry Bonds
Otis Nixon
Honus Wagner
Willie Keeler
Robbie Alomar
Kenny Lofton
Juan Pierre
Deliano Deshields
Eric Young
Marquis Grissom
Frankie Frisch?
Derek Jeter?
Joe Quinn?
Von is his first name. Hayes is his second.
Aye carumba!
@brublejr:
I’d have to believe Lou Brock is ahead of either Bonds.
I think you might be correct about Honus Wagner, but I don’t have any idea what kind of base-stealer he was.
There has to be someone other than DeShields for ‘D’…… Mariano Duncan? Shawn Dunston?
Carlos Quentin
Todd Zeille
Yes….I’ve been trying to start these at different times to give different people opportunities….
Some easy ones have been grabbed…we’ll review the misses, too…
Vince Coleman is second with 752
Kenny Lofton is second with 622
Dave Lopes is third with 557
Robin Yount is second with 271
Andy Van Slyke was not in the top five for V’s.
Roberto Alomar was second with 474
Maury Wills was third with 586.
Willie Wilson was second with 668
Jose Offerman was not in the top five for O’s.
Von Hayes is not in the top five for H’S.
Omar Vizquel is second (by technicality) in the V’s with 389. By technicality, I say…
Barry Bonds is fourth with 514
Willie Keeler is not in the top five
Delino DeShields is sixth with 463
Marquis Grissom is the modern day leader with 429. The all-time leader will be tougher….
Derek Jeter was fourth with 305
Mariano Duncan was not in the top ten.
Shawon Dunston was not in the top ten.
Bobby Bonds is fifth with 461.
Carlos Quentin is fourth with 13
Todd Zeile is fourth with 53.
See correct answers below…I’m keeping the G open for now, despite Grissom’s modern day leadership…
Open letters… D E G I J K L S T U V Z
A Luis Aparicio 506
B Lou Brock 938
C Ty Cobb 892
D
E
F Frankie Frisch 419
G
H Rickey Henderson 1406
I
J
K
L
M Joe Morgan 689
N Otis Nixon 620
O Amos Otis 341
P Juan Pierre 459
Q Joe Quinn 268
R Tim Raines 808
S
T
U
V
W Honus Wagner 722
X No X
Y Eric Young 465
Z
K – Willie Keeler
L – Kenny Lofton
S – Ozzie Smith
V – Omar Vizquel
How bout Kenny Lofton or Davey Lopes (man, he played forever and used to kill us)? Gotta go with Ozzie Smith, but I’ll bet Tris Speaker is close.
I’ve not looked at the others’ answers yet so I might repeat some…I’ve been thinking on this one for about a week
Aparicio
Brock
Cobb
Gorgeous George Davis
Evers
Grissom
Henderson
Latham or Lofton
Keeler
Morgan
Nixon
Juan .300 OBP Pierre
Raines
Wagner or Wilson, I’m not sure
Speaker
Vizquel
Eric Young
Joe Tinker
Ichiro? or is he considered an S?
How about Don Zimmer for Z? Okay, that’s a joke.
@wanderinredsfan: It’s called a brain fart, don’t really know what I was thinking.
To address the replies since the last recapping…
Ozzie Smith is the O leader with 580.
Arlie Latham is the L leader with 739
George Davis is the D leader with 616.
Keeler, Vizquel, Grissom, Wilson, Lofton and Lopes are addressed in the first recap.
Tris Speaker is fifth with 432.
Joe Tinker is third with 336.
Ichiro Suzuki is considered an S and is 10th with 341.
Don Zimmer is fifth with 45 (joke or not…)
Johnny Evers is second with 324…he is the modern leader, so we’ll keep him in mind.
per14, the others you mentioned are leaders for their letters as mentioned.
Updated chart below:
Open Letters: E G I J K T U V Z
A Luis Aparicio 506
B Lou Brock 938
C Ty Cobb 892
D George Davis 616
E
F Frankie Frisch 419
G
H Rickey Henderson 1406
I
J
K
L Arlie Latham 739
M Joe Morgan 689
N Otis Nixon 620
O Amos Otis 341
P Juan Pierre 459
Q Joe Quinn 268
R Tim Raines 808
S Ozzie Smith 580
T
U
V
W Honus Wagner 722
X No X
Y Eric Young 465
Z
As I mentioned in a couple of the earlier replies…Marquis Grissom is the “modern day” G leader and Omar Vizquel could be considered the modern day “V” leader (the V leader bridges 1900). However, when I looked at this leader list I saw that some of the modern day leaders may not be readily apparent either, then I thought, well, speed was big in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s, and the last forty years. So, for this group, and probably some other speed categories, I feel we need to use all of baseball. As a hint…they don’t go before 1890 in this case so it’s not an impossible task…in fact, they won’t be much harder than some of the 20th century leaders who have been lost to history…
Is V Van Haltren? Don’t even know is his first name.
V is George Van Haltren with 583 steals, almost 200 more than Vizquel. Van Haltren did play past 1900, but most of his speed was gone at that time…thus, the Vizquel “technicality.”
Open letters now….
E G I J K T U Z
Iorg?
Sorry if he has been guessed before, but does J = Jeter?
an “Iorg” reference. Nice. Haven’t thought of the names of those brothers for years. Both had long careers, but neither was a speedster, still, how many “I” players can we be talking about?
How about Bunions Zeider for the Z?
Neither one of the Iorg brothers make the top five in steals. However, they do have a couple of cool names in Dane and Garth.
Jeter was guessed previously–he’s fifth.
However, PREACH, you found one I thought would be next to impossible to get…I had never heard of Rollie “Bunions” Zeider before yesterday. He is the Z leader with 223. he played for the White Sox and Cubs during the teens.
Steve, I have a tough time believing that Wee Willie Keeler is not in the top 5.
How about Fielder Jones for an old timer “J”?
How about:
Tony Gwynn
Chase Utley
RCR, you’re right to not believe it for I am mistaken. Willie Keeler is first with 495. I overlooked him…sorry to mislead you guys. Keeler had 495 steals.
Fielder Jones is a great pick…another one I didn’t think anyone would get…he’s tied with Hughie Jennings for first on the J’s with 359.
Rollie “Bunions” Zeider is being held up in moderation, but he’s the Z leader with 223
Tony Gwynn is not in the top five.
Chase Utley is third with 83.
Open letters: E G I T U
updated chart:
A Luis Aparicio 506
B Lou Brock 938
C Ty Cobb 892
D George Davis 616
E
F Frankie Frisch 419
G
H Rickey Henderson 1406
I
J Hughie Jennings and Fielder Jones, 359
K Willie Keeler 495
L Arlie Latham 739
M Joe Morgan 689
N Otis Nixon 620
O Amos Otis 341
P Juan Pierre 459
Q Joe Quinn 268
R Tim Raines 808
S Ozzie Smith 580
T
U
V
W Honus Wagner 722
X No X
Y Eric Young 465
Z Rollie Zeider 223
A Luis Aparicio 506
B Lou Brock 938
C Ty Cobb 892
D George Davis 616
E
F Frankie Frisch 419
G
H Rickey Henderson 1406
I
J Hughie Jennings and Fielder Jones, 359
K Willie Keeler 495
L Arlie Latham 739
M Joe Morgan 689
N Otis Nixon 620
O Amos Otis 341
P Juan Pierre 459
Q Joe Quinn 268
R Tim Raines 808
S Ozzie Smith 580
T
U
V George Van Haltren 583
W Honus Wagner 722
X No X
Y Eric Young 465
Z Rollie Zeider 223
Zeider was known mostly as the guy Ty Cobb cleated coming into second. Almost ended his career. I think that’s how he got his nickname.
B.J. Upton
Yes, B.J. Upton is the U…he has 123 steal.
Remaining letters:
E G I T
and, no the I is not Raul Ibanez…
The last four are not recent….two of them are pre-1900. Modern leaders for E are Johnny Evers and Marquis Grissom for G. The all-time leaders for E and G were from 1890-1900.
One was a Red, for a short-time, even managed the Reds and is a Hall of Famer…he’s considered to be the best at his position before 1900.
And, this former Red is not old friend Charlie Irwin for the I’s…he was second…
All four players were before the lively ball…this will be tough…
A wild guess on this one. When we were at Cooperstown and looked up all the honorees with Reds connections (took pics of them!), Buck Ewing managed the Reds and a couple of other teams and played for the Reds for just a couple of years or so. He got in for being one of the greatest catchers before the modern era. I’m stretching, but it’s driving me nuts.
I’ll go with hoosierdad on Buck Ewing — played for the Reds at the end of his career and amassed 354 SBs.
Here’s my other guesses:
T – Mike Tiernan (pre-1900) – 428 SB
G – Mike Griffin (pre-1900) – 473 SB
I – Frank Isbell – 253 SB
Hoosierdad and KY Chip got the final pieces.
Hall of Fame catcher and former Reds manager Buck Ewing is the E
Mike Tiernan and Mike Griffin are T and G
Frank Isbell is the I–finally someone besides Raul Ibanez…
Complete list:
A Luis Aparicio 506
B Lou Brock 938
C Ty Cobb 892
D George Davis 616
E Buck Ewing 354
F Frankie Frisch 419
G Mike Griffin 473
H Rickey Henderson 1406
I Frank Isbell, 253
J Hughie Jennings and Fielder Jones, 359
K Willie Keeler 495
L Arlie Latham 739
M Joe Morgan 689
N Otis Nixon 620
O Amos Otis 341
P Juan Pierre 459
Q Joe Quinn 268
R Tim Raines 808
S Ozzie Smith 580
T Mike Tiernan 428
U B. J. Upton 123
V George Van Haltren 583
W Honus Wagner 722
X No X
Y Eric Young 465
Z Rollie Zeider 223
That’s some serious havoc.