most single season stolen bases from a catcher since 1950

Since 1950, John Wathan has the most stolen bases by a catcher in a season, with 36 steals in 1982.

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Data note: Stolen Bases: player season data complete from 1886

	NAME	SB	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	John Wathan J. Wathan	36	1982	KCR	121	448	79	121	11	3	3	51	48	2	46	9	502	147	17	3	1	0	26	.270	.343	.328	.671	53	-3	.311	90	-6.1
2	John Wathan J. Wathan	28	1983	KCR	128	437	49	107	18	3	2	32	27	1	56	7	469	137	23	2	2	0	11	.245	.289	.314	.603	37	-16.1	.275	67	-18.3
3	Jason Kendall J. Kendall	26	1998	PIT	149	535	95	175	36	3	12	75	51	31	51	5	627	253	51	2	8	3	6	.327	.411	.473	.884	108	30.8	.390	136	28.3
4	Ivan Rodriguez I. Rodriguez	25	1999	TEX	144	600	116	199	29	1	35	113	24	1	64	12	630	335	65	0	5	2	31	.332	.356	.558	.914	108	26	.388	125	21.3
5	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	25	1990	HOU	150	555	53	153	24	2	4	42	53	3	79	11	621	193	30	9	1	1	11	.276	.342	.348	.689	69	-0.8	.317	99	-0.9
6	John Stearns J. Stearns	25	1978	NYM	143	477	65	126	24	1	15	73	70	8	57	13	563	197	40	2	6	4	11	.264	.364	.413	.777	76	15.2	.353	125	15.8
7	Jason Kendall J. Kendall	22	2000	PIT	152	579	112	185	33	6	14	58	79	15	79	12	678	272	53	1	4	3	13	.320	.412	.470	.882	118	28.9	.390	127	24.8
8	Jason Kendall J. Kendall	22	1999	PIT	78	280	61	93	20	3	8	41	38	12	32	3	334	143	31	0	4	3	8	.332	.428	.511	.939	63	19.9	.410	139	17.7
9	J.T. Realmuto	21	2022	PHI	139	504	75	139	26	5	22	84	41	12	119	1	562	241	53	0	5	1	7	.276	.342	.478	.820	84	19.8	.354	129	18.7
10	Russell Martin R. Martin	21	2007	LAD	151	540	87	158	32	3	19	87	67	7	89	9	620	253	54	0	6	1	16	.293	.374	.469	.843	96	19.5	.369	122	18
11	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	21	1989	HOU	134	443	64	114	21	2	13	60	49	6	64	3	509	178	36	6	5	8	7	.257	.336	.402	.738	62	6.3	.330	115	8.3
12	B.J. Surhoff	21	1988	MIL	139	493	47	121	21	0	5	38	31	3	49	6	541	157	26	11	3	9	12	.245	.292	.318	.611	43	-16.3	.272	68	-19.9
13	Benito Santiago B. Santiago	21	1987	SDP	146	546	64	164	33	2	18	79	16	5	112	12	572	255	53	1	4	2	12	.300	.324	.467	.791	77	7	.340	109	6.5
14	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	19	1991	HOU	149	546	79	161	23	4	4	46	53	2	71	6	609	204	31	5	3	3	2	.295	.358	.374	.731	75	6.8	.332	112	8.5
15	Russell Martin R. Martin	18	2008	LAD	155	553	87	155	25	0	13	69	90	5	83	6	650	219	38	0	2	8	16	.280	.385	.396	.781	90	11.4	.350	112	9.6
16	Jason Kendall J. Kendall	18	1997	PIT	144	486	71	143	36	4	8	49	49	31	53	6	572	211	48	1	5	2	11	.294	.391	.434	.825	88	17.5	.369	119	14
17	B.J. Surhoff	18	1990	MIL	135	474	55	131	21	4	6	59	41	1	37	7	530	178	31	7	7	5	8	.276	.331	.376	.706	58	-1.1	.316	98	-1.1
18	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	17	1985	CWS	153	543	85	129	23	1	37	107	52	17	81	9	620	265	61	2	6	12	9	.238	.320	.488	.808	85	15	.348	111	8.4
19	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	17	1982	CWS	135	476	66	127	17	3	14	65	46	6	60	2	536	192	34	4	4	7	12	.267	.336	.403	.740	65	4.4	.329	101	0.6
20	John Stearns J. Stearns	17	1982	NYM	98	352	46	103	25	3	4	28	30	2	35	7	392	146	32	5	3	2	8	.293	.349	.415	.764	51	6.8	.341	117	7.3
21	John Wathan J. Wathan	17	1980	KCR	126	453	57	138	14	7	6	58	50	3	42	3	510	184	27	3	1	6	19	.305	.377	.406	.783	70	12.9	.353	116	9.4
22	Agustín Ramírez A. Ramírez	16	2025	MIA	136	537	72	124	33	1	21	67	36	8	113	3	585	222	55	0	4	2	13	.231	.287	.413	.701	64	-5.4	.302	91	-6.3
23	J.T. Realmuto	16	2023	PHI	135	489	70	123	28	5	20	63	35	9	138	5	538	221	53	0	5	3	10	.252	.310	.452	.762	68	2.5	.324	102	1.4
24	Brad Ausmus B. Ausmus	16	1995	SDP	103	328	44	96	16	4	5	34	31	2	56	5	369	135	25	4	4	3	6	.293	.353	.412	.765	48	1.5	.338	105	2.3
25	Fran Healy F. Healy	16	1974	KCR	139	445	59	112	24	2	9	53	62	1	73	8	514	167	35	4	2	1	12	.252	.343	.375	.718	62	6.4	.335	108	4.4

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