No debate for me
although all of those feats on the list are amazing, nothing beats Rickey Henderson's 1,406 regular season career stolen bases. The next best (any era) was Lou Brock with 938. That's 50% more than Brock!!! That's Gresky-esque!
Even more mind-boggling to me is that Henderson is 2nd all-time in Bases on Balls w/ 2,190. This is a guy who opposing pitchers absolutely did NOT want to have on base, yet he walked more times than Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and all the stars before him. He was only eclipsed by Barry Bonds after those ridiculous "inflated" years (statistical and head inflation, I mean).
Henderson owns a few more records, like career runs scored (w/ 2,295) and career lead-off home runs (w/ 81), but the SB record seems absolutely unbreakable, in my opinion.
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HOF "Earliest" Collection (Ideal - Indiv): 244/342 (71.4%)
1914 T330-2 Piedmont Art Stamps......: 114/119 (95.8%)
1923 V100 Willard's Chocolate............: 177/180 (98.3%)
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