most stolen bases in a single season in the 1970s as a cub

Ivan De Jesus stole the most bases for the Cubs in a season in the 1970s, with 41 steals in 1978.

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	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	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	41	1978	CHC	160	619	104	172	24	7	3	35	74	2	78	12	712	219	34	15	2	5	12	.278	.356	.354	.710	82	4.7	.326	93	-5.3
2	Jose Cardenal J. Cardenal	34	1975	CHC	154	574	85	182	30	2	9	68	77	4	50	12	666	243	41	4	7	5	11	.317	.397	.423	.821	101	27.6	.376	125	19
3	Rodney Scott R. Scott	27	1978	CHC	78	227	41	64	5	1	0	15	43	3	41	10	280	71	6	7	0	0	4	.282	.403	.313	.716	36	5.5	.344	105	1.5
4	Jose Cardenal J. Cardenal	25	1972	CHC	143	533	96	155	24	6	17	70	55	1	58	14	593	242	47	1	3	3	15	.291	.356	.454	.810	85	26.9	.368	123	14.8
5	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	24	1979	CHC	160	636	92	180	26	10	5	52	59	2	82	20	716	241	41	17	2	1	9	.283	.345	.379	.724	86	2.2	.328	92	-7.1
6	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	24	1977	CHC	155	624	91	166	31	7	3	40	56	4	90	12	695	220	41	7	4	4	8	.266	.328	.353	.681	72	-9.4	.307	75	-21
7	Jose Cardenal J. Cardenal	23	1976	CHC	136	521	64	156	25	2	8	47	32	1	39	14	560	209	35	3	3	0	5	.299	.339	.401	.740	70	11.1	.342	104	2.8
8	Jose Cardenal J. Cardenal	23	1974	CHC	143	542	75	159	35	3	13	72	56	1	67	9	604	239	51	2	3	3	18	.293	.359	.441	.800	86	20.8	.365	119	12.7
9	Jose Cardenal J. Cardenal	19	1973	CHC	145	522	80	158	33	2	11	68	58	5	62	7	593	228	46	4	4	9	16	.303	.375	.437	.812	86	20.4	.364	119	13
10	Manny Trillo M. Trillo	17	1976	CHC	158	582	42	139	24	3	4	59	53	3	70	6	649	181	31	7	4	4	17	.239	.304	.311	.615	55	-12.8	.288	69	-22.4
11	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	16	1977	CHC	154	554	90	147	18	3	27	89	80	3	77	7	649	252	48	2	10	13	6	.265	.355	.455	.810	90	14.5	.352	105	3.7
12	Miguel Dilone M. Dilone	15	1979	CHC	43	36	14	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	5	38	11	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.306	.648	4	-0.7	.300	73	-1.2
13	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	15	1976	CHC	142	514	68	174	36	1	15	84	56	11	27	11	588	257	52	3	4	15	21	.339	.412	.500	.912	103	40.9	.411	149	32.2
14	Don Kessinger D. Kessinger	15	1971	CHC	155	617	77	159	18	6	2	38	52	3	54	8	687	195	26	14	1	6	11	.258	.318	.316	.634	61	-9.6	.291	72	-21.5
15	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	14	1978	CHC	146	499	66	140	22	6	9	64	80	0	57	5	585	201	37	0	6	15	12	.281	.376	.403	.779	77	13.4	.348	108	5.2
16	Rick Monday R. Monday	12	1972	CHC	138	434	68	108	22	5	11	42	78	1	102	9	520	173	38	3	4	8	4	.249	.362	.399	.760	67	15.7	.346	109	5.1
17	Don Kessinger D. Kessinger	12	1970	CHC	154	631	100	168	21	14	1	39	66	2	59	6	711	220	36	10	2	6	12	.266	.337	.349	.685	76	-4.4	.311	76	-21.2
18	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	11	1974	CHC	128	453	65	142	21	5	9	54	42	5	39	7	509	200	35	3	6	8	15	.313	.374	.442	.815	73	18.6	.367	120	11.7
19	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	9	1979	CHC	149	591	72	168	34	7	14	66	30	2	28	4	628	258	55	1	4	6	16	.284	.319	.437	.756	77	3.3	.331	93	-4.8
20	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	9	1975	CHC	130	514	77	182	29	7	7	64	42	3	34	7	565	246	43	1	5	5	11	.354	.402	.479	.881	94	32.5	.398	139	25.2
21	Vic Harris V. Harris	9	1974	CHC	62	200	18	39	6	3	0	11	29	0	26	3	235	51	9	4	2	3	2	.195	.294	.255	.549	15	-10.1	.260	50	-13.3
22	Rick Monday R. Monday	8	1975	CHC	136	491	89	131	29	4	17	60	83	1	95	3	583	219	50	7	1	12	8	.267	.373	.446	.819	85	21.2	.370	120	13.7
23	Matt Alexander M. Alexander	8	1974	CHC	45	54	15	11	2	1	0	0	12	1	12	4	74	15	3	7	0	1	2	.204	.358	.278	.636	7	-0.6	.308	82	-1.6
24	Don Kessinger D. Kessinger	8	1972	CHC	149	577	77	158	20	6	1	39	67	2	44	7	660	193	27	13	1	8	11	.274	.351	.334	.685	70	5.3	.315	89	-8.1
25	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	7	1978	CHC	117	446	47	144	26	1	5	74	18	0	17	5	470	187	32	1	5	5	16	.323	.345	.419	.765	59	8.1	.341	103	1.5

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