# baseball: stealing home

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-stealing-home/63764>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 29, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-stealing-home/63764 "2001-04-29T23:10:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jonastheadventurer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jonastheadventurer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonastheadventurer)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-stealing-home/63764/1 "2001-04-29T23:10:56Z")

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im in a dispute w/ my roomate, he says that someone has stolen home in major league baseball, i say that its never happened. ive looked and havent found anything, if anyone has any knowledge on this one, please tell me!  
thanks,  
~J

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-stealing-home/63764/2 "2001-04-29T23:17:58Z")

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It’s rare but it can happen. Ty Cobb was famous for it.

Haj

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-stealing-home/63764/3 "2001-04-29T23:33:08Z")

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There is already a thread about this here in GQ: [Stealing home](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=66049) so I’ll close this one and suggest you post to that one. Thanks for the head’s up, Samclem.  
Jill