When Elvis Andrus stole home against the Padres, it marked the Rangers first steal of home in 15 years. It was also unique because Andrus stole the plate with a left-handed batter up and a right-handed reliever on the mound.
I got to wondering about all-time "home stealers"
and I was not surprised to find Ty Cobb at the top of the list
with 54 thefts of home.
Max Carrey is next on the list with 33 home plate robberies.
Jackie Robinson is well down the rankings with 19
and Rod Carew stole home 17 times in his career.
Lou Gehrig pulled it off 15 times
and the biggest surprise to me, was that Babe Ruth
(that's right, "The Babe" "Bambino", "Sultan of Swat")
stole home successfully10 times during his Major League Baseball career. Ruth was no Ty Cobb, when it came to stealing bases, but he was a pretty amazing athlete.
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