2007-09-22 11:24:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Germany Schaefer, sometime around 1908 (the specific date, alas, is a bit elusive).
http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Germany_Schaefer_1877
2007-09-22 11:38:52 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The correct answer is: It has never happened.
That seems obvious, but this is a better question than it seems to be, because rules have changed over time. However, nobody has ever been credited for a steal of first base. The rules have never allowed that.
Germany Schaefer is known for running backwards from second to first on the pitch to set up a double-steal of second and home on the next pitch, but even at the time, this was not recorded as a "steal" of first. It did, however, lead to a rule banning running the bases in reverse to confuse the defense or make a "travesty of the game."
The dropped third strike happens often, I've seen it a few times in the last few weeks. However, the batter is not credited with a "steal" of first. He's credited with a strikeout, and either reaching on a wild pitch or passed ball, with the possible combination of an error.
Rules have changed over time. For example, a base on balls was once counted as a hit, and stolen bases were once credited to runners being advanced by the batter's hit. The inability to steal first base, however, has never changed.
2007-09-22 20:14:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not possible to steal first base. The only ways to reach first base are by a hit by pitch, error, a single, a walk, catchers interference, a dropped third strike, or by a fielders choice. This is in the modern game, however. There was one man, a powerless hitter named Germany Schaefer, that did it, but it was around 1906, and it led to a rule change. Its kind of complicated how it happened.
2007-09-22 18:41:29 · answer #3 · answered by KikoMiko 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Germany Schaefer folks are correct. he was not credited with it as a steal, but he ran from second BACK to first to try to draw a throw for a double-steal.
The rules were then changed so that you are out if you run back to a prior base like that.
But people who automatically answered "no" were in error.
2007-09-23 10:13:31 · answer #4 · answered by Bucky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u cant steal first smarts
2007-09-22 18:35:27 · answer #5 · answered by pHaSeONE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its impossible to steal first base, do you mean home plate or what??????
2007-09-22 19:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how may i ask do you steal 1st?
2007-09-22 19:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by Tor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that possible?
2007-09-22 18:45:28 · answer #8 · answered by Mets Lover 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you can to steal first....
havent ya ever heard of drop third strike?
but idk if it ever happened/who did it
2007-09-22 19:54:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋