Dodgers minor league outfielder Kendall George is putting an amazing finishing kick on his 2025 season for High-A Great Lakes. He stole three more bases on Thursday on the road against the Lake County Captains, giving him an eye-popping 100 steals on the season.
George on Thursday singled in the first inning and stole second and third off starter Michael Kennedy, and scored on a throwing error by the catcher on the steal of third. In the fifth inning, George singled and stole second base against reliever
Sean Matson.
It’s only the third 100-steal season in Dodgers organizational history. George joins Maury Wills, who set an MLB record in 1962 with 104 stolen bases while winning National League MVP with the Dodgers, and Maynard DeWitt, who stole 110 bases for Class-D Zanesville in 1946.
In the last two decades of minor league baseball, George is only the fourth player to steal 100 bases in a season. Billy Hamilton set a record with 155 steals between High-A and Double-A in 2012, one year after he swiped 103 for Dayton, which was then Class-A. Those 103 steals for Hamilton are the Midwest League single-season record, and George has three more games left this weekend to break it.
The other recent 100-steal minor leaguers were Delino DeShields Jr. stealing 101 bases between Class-A Lexington and High-A Lancaster in 2012, and Chandler Simpson with 104 steals between Double-A Montgomery and High-A Bowling Green last season before making his major league debut with the Rays this season.
George talked to Joe Trrezza of MLB.com this week about his stealing spree:
“I’ve learned you can’t really run reckless,” George said. “There is technique that goes into it. Even though I am really fast and can get away with some things. This year I’ve been really honing in on that technique, picking spots better, picking counts better and things of that nature. Even though it has improved, I think there is still room for improvement. I’ve been thrown out 20-something times. I could already be at 100. But the strides that I have made this year are kind of positive.”
George earlier on Thursday was named Midwest League player of the month for August, after hitting .378/.496/.429 with 23 walks, 21 runs scored, and 34 stolen bases during the month. He also stole 27 bases in July.
The Dodgers first-round draft pick from 2023 has kept it all going in September. After stealing three bases on each of Saturday and Sunday, both in August, George this week stole two bases Tuesday, three more on Wednesday, and three on Thursday, giving him five consecutive games with multiple stolen bases. He also this season had four-game multi-steal streaks totaling 13 and 11 steals. And that doesn’t even include his Midwest League-record six-steal game on May 18, nor his five-steal game on August 1.
George has 72 steals in his last 53 games, dating back to June 28. During that stretch he has more multi-steal games (20) than games with no steals (16). That’s how he got to triple digits in stolen bases this season.
| Player | Year | Age | Steals | Games | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynard DeWitt | 1946 | 20 | 110 | 131 | Class-D Zanesville |
| Maury Wills | 1962 | 29 | 104 | 165 | Dodgers |
| Kendall George | 2025 | 20 | 100 | 111 | High-A Great Lakes |
| Maury Wills | 1965 | 32 | 94 | 158 | Dodgers |
| Darby O’Brien | 1889 | 25 | 91 | 136 | Dodgers |
| Sam Jethroe | 1949 | 32 | 89 | 153 | Triple-A Montreal |
| John Ward | 1892 | 32 | 88 | 148 | Dodgers |
| Hub Collins | 1890 | 26 | 85 | 129 | Dodgers |
| Arthur Fischetti | 1976 | 23 | 85 | 130 | Low-A Danville, AA Waterbury |
| Tom Goodwin | 1990 | 21 | 82 | 134 | AA San Antonio, A+ Bakersfield |
| Rudy Law | 1978 | 21 | 82 | 149 | AAA Albuquerque, Dodgers |
| Don Nicholas | 1948 | 17 | 82 | 95 | Class-D Cambridge |
