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1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases
1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases 1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon 1992 John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers) 1991 Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day 1991 U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases 1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt 1990 Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game 1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases 1989 Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games) 1989 Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases 1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases 1989 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th and 40th consecutive bases 1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs 1988 Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases 1988 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a New York Yankee 1987 Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season 1985 Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74 1985 Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases 1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season 1982 Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year 1980 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres 1980 Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park home run, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3 1979 Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases) 1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases 1977 St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3 1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs) 1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation 1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases 1967 St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series 1963 New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards 1962 John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled 1962 Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases 1962 Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected 1962 Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 1962 John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104) 1960 U.S. and Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases 1959 Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples 1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 home runs, 1 double) 1953 U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (U.S. bases) 1953 U.S. and Spain sign defense treaty (4 U.S. bases in Spain) 1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases 1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1944 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas 1943 Great Britain establishes bases on Azores 1943 U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen 1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to U.S. for 99 years 1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) 1939 Estonia accepts Soviet military bases 1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases) 1924 Joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game 1918 White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play 1917 Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game 1917 Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves 1915 Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs. Cleveland Indians in the 1st inning 1912 Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9/7/12) 1912 Philadelphia A's Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game 1912 Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit 1912 New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice) 1911 New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning 1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs 1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey 1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants) 1894 Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases 1886 Ty Cobb, batted .367, stole 892 bases, Detroit Tigers 1883 Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn |
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