Ku- baseball, isisekelo esintshontshiwe senzeka lapho umgijimi edlulela esisekelweni angenalungelo laso futhi umshayi magoli osemthethweni enquma ukuthi okuthuthukisiwe kufanele kufakwe esenzweni somgijimi.Abanompempe banquma ukuthi umgijimi uphephile noma uphumile esisekelweni esilandelayo, kodwa umshayi magoli osemthethweni ulawula embuzweni wesikweletu noma wokusolwa ngokuthuthukiswa ngaphansi koMthetho 10 (Imithetho Yokuthola Amaphuzu) yeMithetho Esemthethweni ye-MLB. Isisekelo esintshontshiwe sivamise ukwenzeka lapho umgijimi oyisisekelo eqhubekela kusisekelo esilandelayo kuyilapho umgadli ephonsa ibhola ku- plate yasekhaya. Izigebengu eziyisisekelo eziphumelelayo azisheshi nje kuphela kodwa zinomqondo omuhle wokuqalisa kanye nesikhathi. UNed Cuthbert, edlalela i- Philadelphia Keystones ngo-1863 noma ngo-1865, ubengumdlali wokuqala ukweba isisekelo kumdlalo we-baseball, nakuba igama elithi stolen base lingasetshenziswanga kwaze kwaba ngu-1870.Okwesikhathi esithile ekhulwini le-19, izisekelo ezebiwe zanikezwa ikhredithi lapho i-baserunner ifinyelela isisekelo esengeziwe sokushaywa kwesisekelo komunye umdlali. Isibonelo, uma umgijimi kusisekelo sokuqala efinyelele isisekelo sesithathu kokukodwa, kubalwa njengokutshontsha.Ngo-1887, uHugh Nicol wabeka irekhodi le-Major League elisamile elinezisekelo ezebiwe ezingu-138, eziningi zazo ebezingeke zibalwe ngaphansi kwemithetho yesimanje.Imithetho yesimanje yokweba yasetshenziswa ngokugcwele ngo-1898. Ezibalweni ze - baseball, izisekelo ezebiwe zichazwa ngokuthi SB.Imizamo yokweba eholela ekutheni i-baserunner iphume ibanjwe intshontsha