These teammates joined the 30-30 club together

September 13th, 2025

The first player to enter the 30-30 club in 2025 was ... ? That is not a misprint.

Thirty-plus homers have become standard fare for Soto, but entering 2025, he never stole more than 12 bases through any of his first seven MLB seasons. But he put in the work to become a better baserunner in his first year with the Mets, and the proof is right there on the stat sheet; Soto stole his 30th base of the season on Sept. 9.

The Met most likely to achieve 30-30 entering this season was , who hit those marks in 2023 with New York. He may get there again, too, since he began Saturday with 26 homers and 29 steals.

That means Soto and Lindor may become just the third pair of teammates to enter the 30-30 club together in the same season. Here is a look at the (short) list of teammates to reach those dual marks and some other pairings who came close.

and , 1996 Rockies
Although Burks did have a couple of 25-steal seasons at the start of his career, his ascendance into the 30-30 club kind of mirrored Soto's in just how unlikely it seemed. From 1990-95, Burks stole a total of 36 bases and never more than nine in a single year. Then he sped off with 32 steals in 1996 to go along with 40 homers and an MLB-high 392 total bases during his age-31 season.

A 32-year-old Bichette also took his basestealing to another level as he recorded 31 steals after never getting more than 21 from 1988-95. He crushed a matching 31 homers. The Giants' Barry Bonds and the Reds' Barry Larkin gave 1996 a quartet of 30-30 players.

and , 1987 Mets
Johnson and Strawberry were the first two Mets players to go 30-30; the former stole his 30th base 12 days before the latter in 1987. HoJo would qualify again in 1989 (36 HR, 41 SB) and '91 (38 HR, 30 SB). Although this was Strawberry's lone 30-30 year, he went at least 25-25 in four other seasons. He came up one stolen base short of a 30-30 campaign in 1988, a season in which he led the NL with 39 long balls.

CLOSE CALLS

José Ramírez and , 2018 Cleveland
We're defining a "close call" as one player who reached 30-30 and a teammate who got to at least 25-25. In 2018, Ramírez piled up 39 homers and 34 steals. Lindor nearly matched him in the power department, slugging a career-best 38 dingers. He stole 25 bases, which would be his most until he broke into the 30-30 club five years later.

José Cruz Jr. and , 2001 Blue Jays
This year saw Cruz put together the best season of his 12-year career as he set personal bests with 34 homers, 32 steals and an .856 OPS. Mondesi already had two 30-30 seasons on his ledger by '01. Although he stole 30 bags this year, his 27 home runs kept him from becoming the fourth player to record at least three 30-30 seasons, following in the footsteps of Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonds and Johnson.

and , 1999 Astros
Bagwell went 30-30 for the second time in three years in 1999, and he would remain the only Astro to reach those heights until Kyle Tucker in 2022. Everett had 25 homers and 27 steals in '99. He would club a career-high 34 homers the following year with the Red Sox, but he never nabbed more than 17 bases in any of his 13 other MLB seasons.

and , 1998 Blue Jays
This duo was just one stolen base away from jumping into the top section of this article. Green did his part with 35 homers and 35 steals, making him the first Blue Jay to go 30-30. However, Canseco, who established the 40-40 club a decade earlier, had 46 homers and 29 steals.

and , 1987 Reds
Just like in 1996, the 30-30 club gained four members in '87 with Davis (37 homers, 50 steals) joining Cleveland's Joe Carter and the aforementioned Strawberry and Johnson. Daniels, in his age-23 season, produced 26 homers and 26 steals as well as a .334 average and a 1.046 OPS through 108 games.

and , 1977 Angels
From 1971-82, Bonds was the only big leaguer to reach the 30-30 plateau. He did so four times during that span, including in '77 when he posted 37 home runs and 41 stolen bases. Baylor had 25 homers and 26 steals for those Angels. That was one of a handful of times in which Baylor flirted with 30-30. He had 25 homers and 32 steals for the 1975 Orioles. He exceeded 30 dingers with the Angels in '78 and '79 but ended each season with 22 thefts.