Comments on: Best stolen base percentages

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:58:01 +0000

Any chance of working out the best/worst historical team throwout rate? I know the 2007 Padres are doing poorly, however I'm unable to figure out a way to calculate just *how* poor. Is there a way to calculate this using BR?

By: jackfish

jackfish — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:03:25 +0000

I noticed that Oscar Azocar stole ten bases in his career without ever getting caught. Just wondering if thats any kind of record?

Jack

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:09:39 +0000

That's a good point, about S+SB not equaling a 2B. Thanks.

And regarding Bonds' SB prowess, he has always been an excellent baserunner. Don't forget that he has stolen 30 bases in a season 9 different times, and as many as 52 one time. He's slower now, but still skillful.

By: birtelcom

birtelcom — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:55:00 +0000

A single plus a successful stolen base is not really quite equal to a double, as a double (on average)moves along other base runners in a way that a single plus SB (on average) does not. But 45 out of 47 SBs is still a quite significant added value.

By: kingturtle

kingturtle — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:50:50 +0000

It needs to be noted that Barry Bonds has a current streak of 8 consecutive successful steals. Before that CS nine attempts ago, Bonds has a streak of 17 successes in a row.

Over the last five seasons he is 21/22, six seasons: 30/33, seven seasons: 43/49, eight seasons: 54/63, nine seasons: 69/80.

That amazes me.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:31:35 +0000

truman - funny you should mention Granderson. Though not a Tampa Bay or Detroit fan, I listened to the game via MLB radio last night, and the Tigers announcers spoke in detail about Granderson and his SB%, which is what prompted me to look up the stats for this post.

I am going to answer your question about GIDP in a fresh post. The answer surprised the hell out of me.

By: truman

truman — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:01:08 +0000

Curtis Granderson is currently 14/14 in SB. He also has 0 GIDP. From an efficiency standpoint, he's arguably 'on pace' to "give away" the least number of outs for an everyday player since GIDP and CS became official stats. What's the record for consecutive PAs without a GIDP to start a season?