Accomplishment in baseball
Barry Bonds joined the 30–30 club in five seasons, a record he shares with his father
Bobby .
In
Major League Baseball (MLB), the 30–30 club is the group of
batters who have collected thirty
home runs and thirty
stolen bases in a single season.
[1]
[2]
Ken Williams was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1922.
[3]
[4] He remained the sole member of the club for 34 years until
Willie Mays achieved consecutive 30–30 seasons in 1956 and 1957.
[4]
[5]
Bobby Bonds became the club's fourth member in 1969 and became the first player in MLB history to reach the 30–30 club on three occasions and ultimately on five occasions,
[5]
[6] subsequently achieving the milestone in 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1978.
[4]
In total, 46 players have reached the 30–30 club in MLB history and fourteen have done so more than once. Of these 46 players, 31 were right-handed batters, 9 were left-handed and 6 were
switch hitters , meaning they could bat from either side of the plate. Nine of these players (including five active members of the 30–30 club) have played for only one major league team.
[A] The Mets and the Braves each have 4 players to reach the milestone,
Cincinnati Reds ,
Cleveland Indians ,
Colorado Rockies , and
San Francisco Giants each have had three players reach the milestone. Five players –
Hank Aaron , Barry Bonds, Willie Mays,
Alex Rodriguez and
Sammy Sosa – are also members of the
500 home run club ,
[7] and Aaron, Mays and Rodriguez are also members of the
3,000 hit club .
[8]
Dale Murphy ,
Jose Canseco , Barry Bonds,
Larry Walker ,
Jimmy Rollins ,
Ryan Braun ,
Mookie Betts , and
Ronald Acuña Jr. won the
Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in the same year as their 30–30 season, with Bonds achieving this on two occasions (1990 and 1992).
[9] Both Mays and Rollins also reached the
20–20–20 club in the same season.
[10]
[11]
[12] Four players accomplished 30–30 seasons in 1987, 1996, 1997, 2011, and 2023, the most in a single season.
[4] The feat has been accomplished by teammates twice: by
Darryl Strawberry and
Howard Johnson for the
New York Mets in 1987, and then by
Ellis Burks and
Dante Bichette for the
Colorado Rockies in 1996.
Due to the rarity of a player excelling in the combination of hitting home runs and stealing bases,
[5]
Baseball Digest called the 30–30 club "the most celebrated feat that can be achieved by a player who has both
power and speed ."
[2] Six members of the 30–30 club have been elected to the
National Baseball Hall of Fame , with Mays and Aaron elected in their first year of eligibility. Eligibility requires that a player has been retired for at least five seasons or deceased for at least six months,
[13] disqualifying any active players and those recently retired.
Members
Willie Mays became the first player to achieve multiple 30–30 seasons and accomplish them in back-to-back seasons.
[2]
[5]
Hank Aaron is one of six 30–30 club members to be inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame .
Barry Larkin attained 30–30 in 1996.
Alfonso Soriano reached the 30–30 club in four seasons, second only to Bobby and Barry Bonds.
Ronald Acuña Jr. is the most recent player to reach the 30–30 club in multiple seasons (2019 and 2023). He is the first player in history to reach the 30-60, and 40-70 clubs.
Notes
See also
References
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