most stolen bases by a catcher in a season since 1900 without being caught

Since 1900, John Wathan has stolen the most bases by a catcher in a season, with 36 steals in 1982.

	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	Ray Schalk R. Schalk	30	1916	CWS	129	410	36	95	12	9	0	41	41	6	31	13	472	125	21	15				.232	.311	.305	.616	43	-2.8	.304	87	-6.6
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Roger Bresnahan R. Bresnahan	25	1906	NYG	124	405	69	114	22	4	0	43	81	15	43		506	144	26	5				.281	.419	.356	.775	77	27.1	.388	143	23.1
9	Johnny Kling J. Kling	25	1902	CHO	115	436	50	126	19	3	0	59	29	0	26		477	151	22	12				.289	.333	.346	.680	58	2.2	.328	112	6.5
10	Ray Schalk R. Schalk	24	1914	CWS	136	392	30	106	13	2	0	36	38	8	24	11	459	123	15	21				.270	.347	.314	.661	50	1.8	.327	102	0.9
11	Johnny Kling J. Kling	23	1903	CHC	132	491	67	146	29	13	3	68	22	2	38		524	210	45	9				.297	.330	.428	.758	76	14	.354	112	8
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Red Dooin R. Dooin	20	1908	PHN	133	435	28	108	17	4	0	41	17	4	20		468	133	21	12				.248	.283	.306	.589	41	-2.7	.288	89	-5.4
20	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
21	Ray Schalk R. Schalk	19	1917	CWS	140	424	48	96	12	5	2	51	59	7	27		507	124	19	17				.226	.331	.292	.623	49	0.5	.313	94	-3
22	Roger Bresnahan R. Bresnahan	19	1915	CHC	77	221	19	45	8	1	1	19	29	0	23	3	254	58	10	4				.204	.296	.262	.558	20	-6.4	.281	74	-7.1
23	Ed Sweeney E. Sweeney	19	1914	NYY	87	258	25	55	8	1	1	22	35	4	30	6	306	68	10	9				.213	.316	.264	.580	26	-5.7	.294	79	-6.9
24	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
25	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

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