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Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz joins rare club with 20-homer, 60-steal season
By Gordon Wittenmyer, Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 hours ago
TORONTO – The more Elly De La Cruz runs, the faster he piles up history milestones.
On Wednesday, the Cincinnati Reds All-Star became just the seventh shortstop in major-league history to steal 60 bases in a season, when he beat a wide throw to third in the top of the fifth inning against the Blue Jays in Toronto. He then scored the tying run from third on a sharp grounder to the drawn-in shortstop, sliding past the swipe tag.
De La Cruz had gone a season-high 11 consecutive games without a steal until Wednesday.
The single-season list of steals by a shortstop is topped by Maury Wills, who had 104 in 1962, and it includes Hall of Famer Honus Wagner (61 in 1907).
“It seems like he does something new every week that nobody else has done in 100 years,” teammate Nick Lodolo said. “The guy is incredible.”
Along the way, De La Cruz also became just the fifth player in MLB history to reach 20 home runs and 60 steals in the same season, and just the second since 1990 (Ronald Acuna Jr. did it last year).
The elite 20-60 list includes two other Reds:
Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati Reds , 2024 – 21 homers, 60 steals (36 games left)
Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves, 2023 – 41 homers, 73 steals
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