which decade in mlb had the most stolen bases

Rickey Henderson has stolen the most bases in a decade, with 838 steals in the 1980s.

Interpreted as:
Which decade in MLB had the most stolen bases by a player?
NAMESBDECADEGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPSLGOPSwRCWRAAwOBAwRC+BRAA
1Rickey Henderson
R. Henderson
838
1980s
1,383
5,173
1,122
1,507
248
44
137
535
962
31
697
190
6,206
2,254
429
10
30
31
80
.291
.403
.436
.839
993
296.6
.379
140
288.6
2Billy Hamilton
B. Hamilton
732
1890s
1,184
4,752
1,358
1,696
190
72
33
569
927
64
218
5,776
2,129
295
33
.357
.468
.448
.916
1369
489.1
.446
148
438.8
3Tim Raines
T. Raines
583
1980s
1,269
4,848
866
1,467
262
76
87
490
705
22
520
90
5,621
2,142
425
16
30
110
72
.303
.391
.442
.833
857
222.2
.369
134
220.6
4Ty Cobb
T. Cobb
576
1910s
1,334
5,034
1,049
1,948
313
161
47
823
602
46
331
5,791
2,724
521
109
.387
.457
.541
.998
1211
601.7
.472
186
553.8
5Lou Brock
L. Brock
551
1970s
1,400
5,428
843
1,617
243
56
47
481
458
14
784
181
5,942
2,113
346
16
26
78
81
.298
.353
.389
.742
722
78.4
.335
106
36.5
6Maury Wills
M. Wills
535
1960s
1,507
6,091
874
1,744
136
62
17
369
439
16
561
183
6,662
2,055
215
94
22
17
68
.286
.335
.337
.672
695
-17.4
.305
95
-41.7
7Tom Brown
T. Brown
493
1890s
1,036
4,310
939
1,136
160
79
35
442
500
29
508
4,878
1,559
274
39
.264
.344
.362
.706
726
-28.5
.342
92
-63.3
8Eddie Collins
E. Collins
489
1910s
1,441
5,155
991
1,682
190
114
21
682
829
47
296
6,323
2,163
325
292
.326
.424
.420
.844
1048
383.1
.409
151
359.4
9Joe Morgan
J. Morgan
488
1970s
1,458
5,139
1,005
1,451
275
47
173
720
1,071
24
517
105
6,320
2,339
495
25
61
44
63
.282
.404
.455
.860
1030
343.5
.390
143
312.2
10Honus Wagner
H. Wagner
487
1900s
1,391
5,254
1,014
1,847
372
148
51
956
518
70
338
5,945
2,668
571
103
.352
.417
.508
.925
1166
515.4
.439
169
472.7
11Hugh Duffy
H. Duffy
483
1890s
1,362
5,609
1,266
1,861
271
93
83
1,088
563
25
173
6,284
2,567
447
87
.332
.395
.458
.853
1261
311.8
.403
120
218.5
12Otis Nixon
O. Nixon
478
1990s
1,203
4,207
703
1,177
119
22
8
263
491
5
557
135
4,780
1,364
149
52
25
9
63
.280
.354
.324
.678
518
-60.6
.314
85
-93.4
13Vince Coleman
V. Coleman
472
1980s
754
3,038
493
792
88
47
9
178
279
8
540
98
3,367
1,001
144
28
14
5
22
.261
.323
.329
.653
331
-52.8
.298
86
-53.2
14Rickey Henderson
R. Henderson
463
1990s
1,261
4,387
932
1,213
211
13
140
459
976
53
736
114
5,452
1,870
364
9
27
29
66
.276
.412
.426
.838
887
228.3
.381
136
234.2
15Juan Pierre
J. Pierre
459
2000s
1,433
5,533
804
1,663
199
79
13
387
340
67
337
155
6,064
2,059
291
110
14
8
69
.301
.348
.372
.720
702
-42.3
.321
87
-101.1
16Willie Wilson
W. Wilson
451
1980s
1,366
5,666
845
1,639
200
115
32
401
285
43
798
85
6,051
2,165
347
36
21
19
58
.289
.327
.382
.709
679
-3.6
.318
95
-38.7
17Dummy Hoy
D. Hoy
441
1890s
1,330
5,299
1,094
1,535
184
94
34
577
735
99
188
6,237
2,009
312
104
.290
.386
.379
.765
1088
149.4
.375
108
77
18Clyde Milan
C. Milan
434
1910s
1,393
5,305
758
1,556
169
70
11
475
541
56
275
6,019
1,898
250
117
.293
.365
.358
.723
764
129.1
.353
115
102.9
19Kenny Lofton
K. Lofton
433
1990s
1,096
4,379
852
1,356
212
60
63
412
537
16
590
107
4,997
1,877
335
31
34
31
56
.310
.384
.429
.813
743
129.7
.362
115
98.1
20George Van Haltren
G. Van Haltren
433
1890s
1,344
5,520
1,188
1,786
193
121
51
750
606
26
293
6,190
2,374
365
38
.324
.393
.430
.823
1175
244
.394
121
203
21Cesar Cedeno
C. Cedeno
427
1970s
1,293
4,927
777
1,422
292
47
148
671
444
43
632
127
5,482
2,252
487
19
49
59
113
.289
.349
.457
.807
770
176.2
.360
127
170
22Jack Doyle
J. Doyle
410
1890s
1,007
3,939
701
1,244
216
49
22
710
274
33
180
4,268
1,624
287
22
.316
.365
.412
.778
730
87.5
.371
110
71.7
23George Davis
G. Davis
401
1890s
1,268
5,078
1,012
1,592
267
120
57
936
491
40
199
5,650
2,270
444
41
.314
.378
.447
.826
1070
215.4
.389
121
192.1
24Bill Lange
B. Lange
400
1890s
813
3,202
691
1,056
134
80
39
579
350
25
123
3,620
1,467
253
43
.330
.400
.458
.858
718
157.6
.405
121
120.6
25Delino DeShields
D. DeShields
393
1990s
1,271
4,721
713
1,272
178
63
62
428
605
18
864
134
5,418
1,762
303
44
30
26
75
.269
.353
.373
.726
651
-0.3
.329
102
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StatMuse has season-level data for stolen bases going back to the 1886 season.

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