Editing Lou Brock (section)

===Stolen base records===
On September 10, [[1974 St. Louis Cardinals season|1974]], Brock tied Wills' single-season stolen bases mark of 104 with a first-inning steal of second base in a game against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, then broke the record with another swipe of second in the seventh inning.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lou Brock Matches Wills' Mark |agency=Associated Press |work=Harlan Daily Enterprise |page=26 |date=September 11, 1974 |access-date=April 19, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E5BBAAAAIBAJ&pg=7273,495027}}</ref> He ended the season with a new major league single-season record of 118 stolen bases.<ref name="Success Story: Lou Brock's Climb to the Hall of Fame"/> Brock finished second to [[Steve Garvey]] in the balloting for the 1974 [[National League Most Valuable Player Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1974.shtml#NLmvp |title=1974 National League Most Valuable Player Award voting results |website=Baseball Reference |access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref>

In a game against the [[San Diego Padres]] on August 29, [[1977 St. Louis Cardinals season|1977]], at [[San Diego Stadium]], Brock broke Ty Cobb's career record of 892 stolen bases and became the all-time major league stolen base leader.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lou Brock: King of Thefts |agency=Associated Press |work=The Calgary Herald |page=26 |date=August 30, 1977 |access-date=April 19, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eXBkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3789,4306935}}</ref> Cobb's record had been one of the most durable in baseball and, like Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs, had been considered unbreakable by some observers.<ref name=" Lou Brock: Base Stealing Demands Mental Discipline"/> &nbsp;Brock held this record until May 31, 1991, when it was broken by [[Rickey Henderson]] of the [[Oakland Athletics]], who would go on to steal a total of 1,406 bases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/06/24/rickey-henderson-mlb-stolen-base-record-never-broken-lou-brock/3244198001/|title = Rickey Henderson's base-stealing mark is one MLB record that will stand the test of time|website = [[USA Today]]}}</ref>

Brock remained best known for base-stealing and starting Cardinals rallies. He was said to have disliked Wills' method of base-stealing, instead shortening his leads and going hard. He was also an early student of game films. In 1964, Brock acquired a movie camera and filmed opposing pitchers from the dugout to study their [[pitching position|windups]] and [[pickoff]] moves to detect weaknesses he could exploit.<ref name="SI1982"/><ref name="NYT"/>