most stolen bases by a rookie in 1979

Rickey Henderson stole the most bases by a rookie in 1979, with 33 steals.

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NAMESBSEASONTMGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPSLGOPSwRCWRAAwOBAwRC+BRAA
1Rickey Henderson
R. Henderson
33
1979
89
351
49
96
13
3
1
26
34
2
39
11
398
118
17
8
3
0
4
.274
.338
.336
.675
42
-4.4
.310
91
-4.2
2Jeffrey Leonard
J. Leonard
23
1979
134
411
47
119
15
5
0
47
46
2
68
10
467
144
20
3
5
7
11
.290
.360
.350
.710
53
-1.4
.320
103
1.8
3Alfredo Griffin
A. Griffin
21
1979
153
624
81
179
22
10
2
31
40
5
59
16
689
227
34
16
4
0
10
.287
.333
.364
.697
76
-4.6
.316
86
-11.6
4Eddie Miller
E. Miller
15
1979
27
113
12
35
1
0
0
5
5
2
24
2
123
36
1
3
0
1
1
.310
.350
.319
.669
13
-1.7
.306
79
-3
5Joe Cannon
J. Cannon
12
1979
61
142
14
30
1
1
1
5
1
0
34
2
146
36
3
3
0
0
2
.211
.217
.254
.470
4
-13
.211
19
-14.5
6Tom Brookens
T. Brookens
10
1979
60
190
23
50
5
2
4
21
11
2
40
3
208
71
11
4
1
0
3
.263
.309
.374
.683
22
-2.7
.307
82
-4.6
7Lynn Jones
L. Jones
9
1979
95
213
33
63
8
0
4
26
17
1
22
6
233
83
12
1
1
0
5
.296
.349
.390
.739
29
2
.335
100
-0.1
8Bill Sample
B. Sample
8
1979
128
325
60
95
21
2
5
35
37
2
28
6
377
135
28
10
3
1
6
.292
.365
.415
.781
52
8.1
.351
115
6.9
9Joe Strain
J. Strain
8
1979
67
257
27
62
8
1
1
12
13
3
21
4
285
75
10
11
1
0
5
.241
.285
.292
.577
20
-13.3
.265
62
-12.7
10Dave Edwards
D. Edwards
6
1979
96
229
42
57
8
0
8
35
24
1
45
3
257
89
16
3
0
1
5
.249
.323
.389
.711
29
-0.5
.321
91
-2.8
11Joe Simpson
J. Simpson
6
1979
120
265
29
75
11
0
2
27
11
1
21
3
284
92
13
5
2
1
5
.283
.312
.347
.659
27
-6.2
.296
76
-8.4
12John Castino
J. Castino
5
1979
148
393
49
112
13
8
5
52
27
1
72
2
445
156
26
22
2
0
9
.285
.331
.397
.728
53
0.9
.326
94
-3.1
13Nelson Norman
N. Norman
4
1979
147
343
36
76
9
3
0
21
19
0
41
1
383
91
12
18
3
0
5
.222
.260
.265
.526
20
-25.2
.241
44
-26.3
14Ken Oberkfell
K. Oberkfell
4
1979
135
369
53
111
19
5
1
35
57
4
35
1
435
143
25
1
4
9
9
.301
.396
.388
.784
61
9.7
.352
118
9.2
15Scot Thompson
S. Thompson
4
1979
128
346
36
100
13
5
2
29
17
1
37
3
368
129
20
1
3
1
8
.289
.322
.373
.694
39
-3.9
.311
80
-8.7
16Jim Anderson
J. Anderson
3
1979
96
234
33
58
13
1
3
23
17
1
31
2
264
82
17
9
3
0
6
.248
.298
.350
.648
24
-6.6
.293
78
-7.1
17German Barranca
G. Barranca
3
1979
5
5
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
4
1
0
0
0
0
.600
.600
.800
1.400
2
1.2
.620
286
1.1
18Kirk Gibson
K. Gibson
3
1979
12
38
3
9
3
0
1
4
1
0
3
3
39
15
4
0
0
0
0
.237
.256
.395
.651
3
-1.1
.287
69
-1.5
19Max Venable
M. Venable
3
1979
55
85
12
14
1
1
0
3
10
1
18
3
97
17
2
1
0
1
0
.165
.260
.200
.460
3
-8
.220
32
-7.8
20Bobby Brown
B. Brown
2
1979
TOT
34
78
8
17
3
1
0
3
4
0
18
1
83
22
4
1
0
0
0
.218
.256
.282
.538
5
-5.2
.245
47
-5.4
21Tom Donohue
T. Donohue
2
1979
38
107
13
24
3
1
3
14
3
2
29
0
113
38
7
1
0
0
1
.224
.259
.355
.614
9
-4.4
.275
67
-4.6
22Damaso Garcia
D. Garcia
2
1979
11
38
3
10
1
0
0
4
0
0
2
0
38
11
1
0
0
0
1
.263
.263
.289
.553
2
-2.3
.249
50
-2.3
23Pedro Guerrero
P. Guerrero
2
1979
25
62
7
15
2
0
2
9
1
0
14
0
64
23
4
0
1
1
1
.242
.250
.371
.621
5
-3
.266
62
-2.9
24Dan Norman
D. Norman
2
1979
44
110
9
27
3
1
3
11
10
1
26
0
122
41
7
0
1
2
1
.245
.311
.373
.684
12
-2.1
.303
87
-1.9
25Tim Raines
T. Raines
2
1979
6
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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