most stolen bases mlb through 1979 for a player

Before 1980, Lou Brock stole the most bases, with 938 steals.

	NAME	SB	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	Lou Brock L. Brock	938	2,616	10,332	1,610	3,023	486	141	149	900	761	49	1,730	307	11,235	4,238	776	47	46	124	114	.293	.343	.410	.753	1406	210.2	.336	109	113.1
2	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	914	1,594	6,283	1,697	2,164	242	95	40	742	1,189	89	271		7,608	2,716	377	47				.344	.455	.432	.888	1716	578.6	.433	142	505.5
3	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	897	3,034	11,434	2,244	4,189	724	295	117	1,933	1,249	94	681		13,068	5,854	1,136	291				.366	.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
4	Arlie Latham A. Latham	742	1,289	5,388	1,187	1,500	198	62	25	525	534	68	163		6,014	1,897	285	18				.278	.352	.352	.704	964	42.9	.342	98	-20
5	Eddie Collins E. Collins	741	2,826	9,949	1,821	3,315	438	187	47	1,300	1,499	77	468		12,037	4,268	672	512				.333	.424	.429	.853	2032	693.4	.409	144	619.7
6	Max Carey M. Carey	738	2,476	9,363	1,545	2,665	419	159	70	802	1,040	77	695		10,770	3,612	648	290				.285	.361	.386	.747	1411	179.3	.357	110	128.3
7	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	723	2,794	10,439	1,739	3,420	643	252	101	1,732	963	125	735		11,748	4,870	996	221				.328	.391	.467	.858	2044	725.8	.408	147	650
8	Tom Brown T. Brown	657	1,431	5,884	1,250	1,527	197	106	49	581	664	33	508		6,622	2,083	352	39				.260	.338	.354	.692	985	-27.6	.335	94	-71.8
9	Bert Campaneris B. Campaneris	628	2,136	8,249	1,119	2,129	298	84	76	607	591	63	1,090	185	9,145	2,823	458	186	56	15	98	.258	.311	.342	.653	879	-90	.298	90	-104.6
10	George Davis G. Davis	619	2,372	9,045	1,545	2,665	453	163	73	1,440	874	75	579		10,178	3,663	689	184				.295	.362	.405	.767	1643	293.1	.366	117	266.9
11	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	601	2,045	7,276	1,347	2,015	356	85	213	890	1,466	33	778	142	8,893	3,180	654	45	73	54	76	.277	.397	.437	.834	1388	432.6	.379	138	386.6
12	Dummy Hoy D. Hoy	596	1,797	7,115	1,429	2,048	248	121	40	725	1,006	134	231		8,385	2,658	409	130				.288	.386	.374	.760	1452	224.5	.372	112	143.6
13	Maury Wills M. Wills	586	1,942	7,588	1,067	2,134	177	71	20	458	552	16	684	208	8,304	2,513	268	119	29	26	92	.281	.330	.331	.661	833	-56.4	.301	91	-89.7
14	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	583	1,990	8,043	1,642	2,544	286	161	69	1,015	871	38	385		9,017	3,359	516	65				.316	.386	.418	.803	1647	328.4	.384	119	259.3
15	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	574	1,737	7,044	1,554	2,293	325	119	106	1,302	664	29	186		7,841	3,174	550	104				.326	.386	.451	.837	1526	360.4	.395	118	242.5
16	Bid McPhee B. McPhee	568	1,742	6,745	1,395	1,858	265	161	45	889	907	69	260		7,782	2,580	471	56				.275	.367	.383	.750	1346	172.5	.363	109	112.5
17	Bill Dahlen B. Dahlen	548	2,444	9,036	1,590	2,461	413	163	84	1,234	1,064	140	759		10,405	3,452	660	165				.272	.358	.382	.740	1589	236.5	.357	108	139.6
18	John Ward J. Ward	540	1,141	4,778	912	1,401	140	53	13	552	335	17	40		5,150	1,686	206	20				.293	.342	.353	.695	792	6.9	.335	98	-20.4
19	Herman Long H. Long	537	1,875	7,678	1,456	2,129	342	97	91	1,055	612	57	365		8,505	2,938	530	158				.277	.335	.383	.718	1254	19.3	.342	92	-80.3
20	Patsy Donovan P. Donovan	518	1,824	7,505	1,321	2,256	208	75	16	738	457	83	312		8,172	2,662	299	127				.301	.348	.355	.702	1157	-0.8	.340	98	-26.4
21	Jack Doyle J. Doyle	518	1,569	6,055	977	1,811	316	64	25	971	440	49	275		6,589	2,330	405	45				.299	.351	.385	.736	1006	79.6	.352	104	45.9
22	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	509	2,246	8,584	1,622	2,678	361	220	67	1,015	875	154	511		9,838	3,680	648	225				.312	.386	.429	.814	1663	445.8	.390	131	386.2
23	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	509	934	3,727	905	1,054	208	105	72	600	525	22	134		4,275	1,688	385					.283	.375	.453	.828	860	227.9	.390	129	189.5
24	Luis Aparicio L. Aparicio	506	2,599	10,230	1,335	2,677	394	92	83	791	736	27	742	136	11,230	3,504	569	161	76	22	184	.262	.311	.343	.653	1076	-140.2	.296	83	-215.4
25	Clyde Milan C. Milan	495	1,982	7,359	1,004	2,100	240	105	17	617	685	80	404		8,312	2,601	362	188				.285	.353	.353	.706	1006	126.7	.344	110	88.3

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Mets	28	36	.438	15.5
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Cardinals	34	28	.548	5.0
Pirates	34	31	.523	6.5
Cubs	34	31	.523	6.5
Reds	31	32	.492	8.5
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Astros	30	36	.455	4.5
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