Article:Baseball Notebook: 30-30 Club: Only 4 Times This Century in AL

Since the turn of the 21st century only four times has an American Leaguer joined the 30-30 club and of those four times Alfonso Soriano  did it three times. Soriano joined the club in 2002 and 2003 with the Yankees and in 2005 with the Rangers. Jose Cruz Jr.  is the only other American League player to become a member of the club in this century when he became a member of the 30-30 club with Toronto in 2001.

It is a different story in the National League with with nine players joining the exclusive club. One of those players is also named Alfonso Soriano  who had 30-30 for the Nationals in 2006. Since the turn of the century Vladimir Guerrero  joined the club in 2001 and 2002 with the Expos and Bobby Abreu  did it in 2001 and 2004 while playing for the Phillies.

Preston Wilson  was the first player in either league to join the 30-30 club this century when he joined the club in 2000 while with the Marlins. The other three players to reach 30-30 did it last season when David Wright  of the Mets, Brandon Phillips  of the Reds and Jimmy Rollins  of the Phillies did it. Soriano is the only one of the club to also be a member of the 40-40 club when he had 46 homers and 41 stolen bases.

Baseball-almanac has a list of 30-30 players:

http://http://baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hi3030c.shtml

With the season a third over by the end of the week a player would need 10 stolen bases and 10 homers to be on a pace to have 30-30 this season. The only player this season to have 10 homers and 10 stolen bases is Lance Berkman  with 16 homers and 10 stolen bases. Hanley Ramirez  is the only other player close to having a chance right now to join the 30-30 club since he has 9 homers and 13 stolen bases.