30–30 club

In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 30–30 club is the group of 47 batters who have collected 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a single season.^[1][2] 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][3] Six members have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Barry Bonds joined the 30–30 club in five seasons, a record he shares with his father Bobby.

Ken Williams was the first to achieve this, in 1922.^[4][5] He remained the sole member of the club for 34 years until Willie Mays achieved consecutive 30–30 seasons in 1956 and 1957.^[5][3] Bobby Bonds became the club's fourth member in 1969; he subsequently became the first player to achieve the mark in three, four, and five seasons.^[3][6][5] His son Barry Bonds is the only other player with five 30–30 seasons.

In all, 47 players have reached the 30–30 club; 16 have done so more than once. Of these 47, 31 were right-handed batters, 10 were left-handed, and six were switch hitters. Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals is the only shortstop to achieve multiple 30–30 seasons, reaching this milestone in both 2023, with 30 home runs and 49 stolen bases, and 2024, with 32 home runs and 31 stolen bases.^[7] New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor almost achieved consecutive 30–30 seasons, first reaching the milestone in 2023 with 31 home runs and 31 stolen bases, and then falling 1 stolen base short in 2024, with 33 home runs and 29 stolen bases.^[8]

Ten of the 47 players (including five active members of the 30–30 club) have played for only one major league team.^[A] The New York Mets are the only franchise to have four players reach the milestone. The Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, 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,^[9] and Aaron, Mays and Rodriguez are also members of the 3,000-hit club.^[10] Dale Murphy, Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Larry Walker, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Braun, Mookie Betts, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Shohei Ohtani won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in the same year as their 30–30 season; Bonds did so twice, in 1990 and 1992.^[11] Mays and Rollins also reached the 20–20–20 club in the same season.^[12][13][14] A single season has seen as many as five players accomplish 30–30; this happened in 1987, 1996, 1997, 2011, and 2023.^[5] The feat has been twice been accomplished by teammates: Darryl Strawberry and Howard Johnson for the Mets in 1987, and Ellis Burks and Dante Bichette for the Rockies in 1996.

Members

Willie Mays became the first player to achieve multiple 30–30 seasons and accomplish them in back-to-back seasons.^[2][3]

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. reached 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.

Key

Year	The year the player's 30–30 season occurred
Player (X)	Name of the player (number of 30–30 seasons at that point, if more than one)
Team	The player's team for his 30–30 season
HR	Number of home runs in that year
SB	Number of stolen bases in that year
&	Denotes 40–40 season
#	Denotes 50–50 season
†	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
‡	Player is active

Members of the 30–30 club

Year	Player	Team	HR	SB	Ref.
1922	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	39	37	[15]
1956	Willie Mays†	New York Giants	36	40	[14]
1957	Willie Mays† (2)	New York Giants	35	38	[14]
1963	Hank Aaron†	Milwaukee Braves	44	31	[16]
1969	Bobby Bonds	San Francisco Giants	32	45	[17]
1970	Tommy Harper	Milwaukee Brewers	31	38	[18]
1973	Bobby Bonds (2)	San Francisco Giants	39	43	[17]
1975	Bobby Bonds (3)	New York Yankees	32	30	[17]
1977	Bobby Bonds (4)	California Angels	37	41	[17]
1978	Bobby Bonds (5)	Chicago White Sox Texas Rangers	31	43	[17]
1983	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	36	30	[19]
1987	Joe Carter	Cleveland Indians	32	31	[20]
	Eric Davis	Cincinnati Reds	37	50	[21]
	Howard Johnson	New York Mets	36	32	[22]
	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	39	36	[23]
1988	Jose Canseco	Oakland Athletics	42&	40&	[24]
1989	Howard Johnson (2)	New York Mets	36	41	[22]
1990	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates	33	52	[25]
	Ron Gant	Atlanta Braves	32	33	[26]
1991	Ron Gant (2)	Atlanta Braves	32	34	[26]
	Howard Johnson (3)	New York Mets	38	30	[22]
1992	Barry Bonds (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates	34	39	[25]
1993	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	33	36	[27]
1995	Barry Bonds (3)	San Francisco Giants	33	31	[25]
	Sammy Sosa (2)	Chicago Cubs	36	34	[27]
1996	Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	31	31	[28]
	Barry Bonds (4)	San Francisco Giants	42&	40&	[25]
	Ellis Burks	Colorado Rockies	40	32	[29]
	Barry Larkin†	Cincinnati Reds	33	36	[30]
1997	Jeff Bagwell†	Houston Astros	43	31	[31]
	Barry Bonds (5)	San Francisco Giants	40	37	[25]
	Raúl Mondesí	Los Angeles Dodgers	30	32	[32]
	Larry Walker†	Colorado Rockies	49	33	[33]
1998	Shawn Green	Toronto Blue Jays	35	35	[34]
	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	42&	46&	[35]
1999	Jeff Bagwell† (2)	Houston Astros	42	30	[31]
	Raúl Mondesí (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	36	[32]
2000	Preston Wilson	Florida Marlins	31	36	[36]
2001	Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia Phillies	31	36	[37]
	José Cruz Jr.	Toronto Blue Jays	34	32	[38]
	Vladimir Guerrero†	Montreal Expos	34	37	[39]
2002	Vladimir Guerrero† (2)	Montreal Expos	39	40	[39]
	Alfonso Soriano	New York Yankees	39	41	[40]
2003	Alfonso Soriano (2)	New York Yankees	38	35	[40]
2004	Bobby Abreu (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	30	40	[37]
	Carlos Beltrán	Kansas City Royals Houston Astros	38	42	[41]
2005	Alfonso Soriano (3)	Texas Rangers	36	30	[40]
2006	Alfonso Soriano (4)	Washington Nationals	46&	41&	[40]
2007	David Wright	New York Mets	30	34	[42]
	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	30	41	[43]
	Brandon Phillips	Cincinnati Reds	30	32	[44]
2008	Grady Sizemore	Cleveland Indians	33	38	[45]
	Hanley Ramírez	Florida Marlins	33	35	[46]
2009	Ian Kinsler	Texas Rangers	31	30	[47]
2011	Matt Kemp	Los Angeles Dodgers	39	40	[48]
	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers	33	33	[49]
	Jacoby Ellsbury	Boston Red Sox	32	39	[50]
	Ian Kinsler (2)	Texas Rangers	32	30	[47]
2012	Ryan Braun (2)	Milwaukee Brewers	41	30	[49]
	Mike Trout‡	Los Angeles Angels	30	49	[51]
2018	José Ramírez‡	Cleveland Indians	39	34	[52]
	Mookie Betts‡	Boston Red Sox	32	30	[53]
2019	Ronald Acuña Jr.‡	Atlanta Braves	41	37	[54]
	Christian Yelich‡	Milwaukee Brewers	44	30	[55]
2021	Cedric Mullins‡	Baltimore Orioles	30	30	[56]
2023	Ronald Acuña Jr.‡ (2)	Atlanta Braves	41&	73&	[54]
	Julio Rodríguez‡	Seattle Mariners	32	37	[57]
	Francisco Lindor‡	New York Mets	31	31	[58]
	Bobby Witt Jr.‡	Kansas City Royals	30	49	[59]
2024	Shohei Ohtani‡	Los Angeles Dodgers	54#	59#	[60]
	José Ramírez‡ (2)	Cleveland Guardians	39	41	[61]
	Bobby Witt Jr.‡ (2)	Kansas City Royals	32	31	[59]

See also

• Baseball portal

• Baseball statistics
• Triple Crown
• 20–50 club
• 40–40 club

Notes

1. The Baseball-Reference.com profiles of each player verify their active status and service time.