most stolen bases by a shortstop in a single season during the 1980s

Ozzie Smith had the most stolen bases by a shortstop in a season in the 1980s, with 57 steals in 1988 and in 1980.

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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	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	57	1988	STL	153	575	80	155	27	1	3	51	74	1	43	9	669	193	31	12	7	2	7	.270	.350	.336	.686	75	1.8	.316	102	1.5
2	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	57	1980	SDP	158	609	67	140	18	5	0	35	71	5	49	15	712	168	23	23	4	1	9	.230	.313	.276	.589	57	-23.1	.278	77	-18.4
3	Mariano Duncan M. Duncan	48	1986	LAD	109	407	47	93	7	0	8	30	30	2	78	13	445	124	15	5	1	1	6	.229	.284	.305	.589	33	-18.1	.269	67	-17
4	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	44	1980	CHC	157	618	78	160	26	3	3	33	60	4	81	16	692	201	32	8	2	2	4	.259	.327	.325	.653	67	-10	.301	79	-16.2
5	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	43	1987	STL	158	600	104	182	40	4	0	75	89	1	36	9	706	230	44	12	4	3	9	.303	.392	.383	.775	101	13.9	.350	114	12.4
6	Barry Larkin B. Larkin	40	1988	CIN	151	588	91	174	32	5	12	56	41	8	24	7	652	252	49	10	5	3	7	.296	.347	.429	.776	88	17.1	.347	122	15.4
7	U L Washington	40	1983	KCR	144	547	76	129	19	6	5	41	48	1	78	7	604	175	30	7	1	0	3	.236	.298	.320	.618	52	-16.6	.284	73	-19.4
8	Johnnie LeMaster J. LeMaster	39	1983	SFG	141	534	81	128	16	1	6	30	60	2	96	19	608	164	23	8	4	3	3	.240	.317	.307	.624	54	-14.7	.288	79	-14.5
9	Mariano Duncan M. Duncan	38	1985	LAD	142	562	74	137	24	6	6	39	38	3	113	8	620	191	36	13	4	4	9	.244	.293	.340	.633	54	-16.9	.283	80	-14.1
10	Dickie Thon D. Thon	37	1982	HOU	136	496	73	137	31	10	3	36	37	1	48	8	540	197	44	5	1	2	4	.276	.327	.397	.724	63	2.2	.324	110	5.9
11	Ozzie Guillen O. Guillen	36	1989	CWS	155	597	63	151	20	8	1	54	15	0	48	17	626	190	29	11	3	3	8	.253	.270	.318	.588	45	-23.6	.263	62	-26.9
12	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	35	1984	STL	124	412	53	106	20	5	1	44	56	2	17	7	484	139	26	11	3	5	8	.257	.347	.337	.684	52	-1.7	.313	97	-1.6
13	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	34	1983	STL	159	552	69	134	30	6	3	50	64	1	36	7	626	185	39	7	2	9	10	.243	.321	.335	.657	60	-11.1	.296	84	-11.7
14	Dickie Thon D. Thon	34	1983	HOU	154	619	81	177	28	9	20	79	54	2	73	16	686	283	57	3	8	10	12	.286	.341	.457	.798	93	15.8	.349	124	19
15	Alfredo Griffin A. Griffin	33	1986	OAK	162	594	74	169	23	6	4	51	35	2	52	16	649	216	33	12	6	6	5	.285	.323	.364	.687	67	-8.1	.305	91	-7.3
16	Tony Fernandez T. Fernandez	32	1987	TOR	146	578	90	186	29	8	5	67	51	5	48	12	642	246	42	4	4	3	14	.322	.379	.426	.805	95	15.7	.355	115	12
17	Julio Franco J. Franco	32	1987	CLE	128	495	86	158	24	3	8	52	57	3	56	9	560	212	35	0	5	2	23	.319	.389	.428	.818	86	16.9	.362	119	13.7
18	Julio Franco J. Franco	32	1983	CLE	149	560	68	153	24	8	8	80	27	2	50	12	598	217	40	3	6	1	21	.273	.306	.388	.693	63	-4.8	.309	88	-8.3
19	Frank Taveras F. Taveras	32	1980	NYM	141	562	65	157	27	0	0	25	23	1	64	18	598	184	27	10	2	0	15	.279	.308	.327	.635	53	-14.1	.290	80	-13.4
20	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	31	1986	STL	153	514	67	144	19	4	0	54	79	2	27	7	609	171	23	11	3	13	9	.280	.376	.333	.709	71	0.5	.321	101	0.7
21	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	31	1985	STL	158	537	70	148	22	3	6	54	65	2	27	8	615	194	31	9	2	11	13	.276	.355	.361	.716	71	1.5	.321	104	2.9
22	Garry Templeton G. Templeton	31	1980	STL	118	504	83	161	19	9	4	43	18	0	43	15	524	210	32	1	1	6	13	.319	.342	.417	.759	65	6.5	.336	110	5.9
23	Shawon Dunston S. Dunston	30	1988	CHC	155	575	69	143	23	6	9	56	16	2	108	9	599	205	38	4	2	8	6	.249	.271	.357	.627	49	-16.7	.275	69	-20.3
24	Alan Trammell A. Trammell	30	1983	DET	142	505	83	161	31	2	14	66	57	0	64	10	581	238	47	15	4	2	7	.319	.385	.471	.856	94	28.2	.382	138	26.1
25	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	29	1989	STL	155	593	82	162	30	8	2	50	55	2	37	7	664	214	40	11	3	3	10	.273	.335	.361	.696	74	1.8	.317	102	1.4

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