This offense has surprised me

[OFFNY]

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When speaking of success rate for stolen bases, the first name that I always think of is Jason Bay.

 

Bay didn't steal very often, but he almost always made it when he tried.

For his career, he stole 95 bases and was caught only 17 times, for an 85% success rate.

His best season was in 2005, when he stole 21 bases and was caught only 1 time, for a 95% success rate. ) 

In 2008 AND in 2010, he stole 10 bases each time and was never caught, for a 100% success rate. ) 

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bayja01.shtml

 

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[Frobby]

2 hours ago, OFFNY said:

o

 

When speaking of success rate for stolen bases, the first name that I always think of is Jason Bay.

 

Bay didn't steal very often, but he almost always made it when he tried.

For his career, he stole 95 bases and was caught only 17 times, for an 85% success rate.

His best season was in 2005, when he stole 21 bases and was caught only 1 time, for a 95% success rate. ) 

In 2008 AND in 2010, he stole 10 bases each time and was never caught, for a 100% success rate. ) 

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bayja01.shtml

 

o

I guess it should surprise nobody that Mike Trout is carrying an 84.8% career success rate.  Is there anything that guy doesn’t do well?    Last year he was 24 of 26 (92.3%).

[makoman]

3 hours ago, OFFNY said:

o

 

When speaking of success rate for stolen bases, the first name that I always think of is Jason Bay.

 

Bay didn't steal very often, but he almost always made it when he tried.

For his career, he stole 95 bases and was caught only 17 times, for an 85% success rate.

His best season was in 2005, when he stole 21 bases and was caught only 1 time, for a 95% success rate. ) 

In 2008 AND in 2010, he stole 10 bases each time and was never caught, for a 100% success rate. ) 

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bayja01.shtml

 

o

If you like that, take a look at Carlos Beltran.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml

[DrungoHazewood]

55 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I guess it should surprise nobody that Mike Trout is carrying an 84.8% career success rate.  Is there anything that guy doesn’t do well?    Last year he was 24 of 26 (92.3%).

I guess Chase Utley is done now?  If so he retired 154-for-176 stealing, or 87%.

Alexi Casilla is 80-for-91.

Eric Davis was 84% for his career, and in 1986 he had Alexi Casilla's career - 80-for-91.  In '87 he was 50-for-56 and in '88 he was 35-for-38.

Tim Raines averaged 47 steals and 8 caught per 600 PAs across his whole career.  In '85-86 he was 140-for-158.

In 1994 Brady was 31-for-32.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I guess it should surprise nobody that Mike Trout is carrying an 84.8% career success rate.  Is there anything that guy doesn’t do well?    Last year he was 24 of 26 (92.3%).

I had forgotten that in 2012 Trout led the league with 49 steals, and was only caught five times.  How many people have led the league in SB and OPS just once each? Cobb, Trout, Mays, and the rest of the list can't be that long.

[Bubble Buddy]

47 minutes ago, makoman said:

If you like that, take a look at Carlos Beltran.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml

This convo on steals made me want to look up Ricky Henderson: 1406 steals in 1741 attempts. Good for a little over 80%. So crazy. 

My favorite. 66 out of 79 at age 39. Crazy.

[Frobby]

Found that BB-ref has a list of SB% career leaders (80 attempted steals minimum, list starts in 1951).    Alexi Casilla 1, Chase Utley 2, Carlos Beltran 3.     Beltran stole far more often than the other two.    Here’s the full list:   https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/stolen_base_perc_career.shtml

Players with Orioles ties: Eric Byrnes 7, Nate McLouth 10, Eric Davis 14, Craig Gentry 29, Roberto Alomar 49, Brian Roberts 68, Luis Aparicio 78, Michael Bourn 87, Jonathan Villar 90, Alan Wiggins 93.

The lowest player on the list is Dennis Menke, 38% success rate in 88 attempts.    

[bobmc]

Rio Ruiz con numero dos!

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

6 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I had forgotten that in 2012 Trout led the league with 49 steals, and was only caught five times.  How many people have led the league in SB and OPS just once each? Cobb, Trout, Mays, and the rest of the list can't be that long.

Rickey Henderson did it. 

[sportsfan8703]

For a team that’s going to win 50 games, and is thin on MI depth, I can’t believe Drew Jackson didn’t get a look. 

Ruiz and Smith are pros. That has stood out so far. Nunez might be having a breakout season if Davis wasn’t stealing his ABs. Mancini is everything we could have hoped he’d become. Villar breathes baseball, but will be gone in like 90 days. After that it’s a group of guys that would likely struggle to OPS .700 in Norfolk. 

[DrungoHazewood]

14 hours ago, Frobby said:

The lowest player on the list is Dennis Menke, 38% success rate in 88 attempts.    

They didn't record caught stealing in the deadball era, but I think a lot of players from then would have been worse than Menke.  I get the idea that baserunning we'd call stupid and crazy was rather commonplace.

[Frobby]

51 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

They didn't record caught stealing in the deadball era, but I think a lot of players from then would have been worse than Menke.  I get the idea that baserunning we'd call stupid and crazy was rather commonplace.

Hey, you had Germany Schaefer stealing 1B back from 2B.   http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/there-once-was-a-major-league-baseball-player-who-stole-first-from-second/

[bobmc]

On 4/17/2019 at 5:02 PM, Frobby said:

Found that BB-ref has a list of SB% career leaders (80 attempted steals minimum, list starts in 1951).    Alexi Casilla 1, Chase Utley 2, Carlos Beltran 3.     Beltran stole far more often than the other two.    Here’s the full list:   https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/stolen_base_perc_career.shtml

Players with Orioles ties: Eric Byrnes 7, Nate McLouth 10, Eric Davis 14, Craig Gentry 29, Roberto Alomar 49, Brian Roberts 68, Luis Aparicio 78, Michael Bourn 87, Jonathan Villar 90, Alan Wiggins 93.

The lowest player on the list is Dennis Menke, 38% success rate in 88 attempts.    

Byron Buxton to the fore with insane 91 % steal %:

 

[Bubble Buddy]

Got a chance to watch almost a full game last night (didn't pay for MLBtv this year and can get Tampa games on TV). 

I really enjoy how aggressive we are on the base paths. It's obviously going to back fire a good bit, but it's pretty fun watching the speed and aggressiveness.

It's the little things during a rebuild!

[Redskins Rick]

On 4/17/2019 at 2:46 PM, Frobby said:

I guess it should surprise nobody that Mike Trout is carrying an 84.8% career success rate.  Is there anything that guy doesn’t do well?    Last year he was 24 of 26 (92.3%).

I suspect that some would call Trout a true through and through 5 tool guy.