page_title: 30–30 club
section_title: Members
hierarchical_section_title: 30–30 club / Members
caption_attribution_description: Barry Larkin, Cincinnati Reds, 2004, by Rick Dikeman 01:45, 16 September 2004 . . Rdikeman . . 360×540 (47 KB)
context_page_description: In Major League Baseball, the 30–30 club is the group of batters who have collected 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a single season. Ken Williams was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1922. He remained the sole member of the club for 34 years until Willie Mays achieved consecutive 30–30 seasons in 1956 and 1957. Bobby Bonds became the club's fourth member in 1969 and became the first player in MLB history to reach the 30–30 club on three occasions and ultimately on five occasions, subsequently achieving the milestone in 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1978. He remained the only player to accomplish this until 1997, when his son Barry Bonds achieved his fifth 30–30 season. The most recent players to reach the milestone are Ronald Acuña Jr. and Christian Yelich, who achieved the feat during the 2019 season.
  In total, 41 players have reached the 30–30 club in MLB history and 13 have done so more than once. Of these 41 players, 28 were right-handed batters, eight were left-handed and five were switch hitters, meaning they could bat from either side of the plate.
caption: Barry Larkin attained 30–30 in 1996.
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