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Stolen base percentage is a statistic used in baseball.. A player's stolen base percentage (a.k.a. SB%) measures his rate of success in stealing bases. Because stolen bases tend to help a team less than times caught stealing hurt, a player needs to have a high stolen base percentage in order to contribute much value to his team.
Rickey Henderson, shown here attempting to steal a base in 1983, is the MLB career leader in stolen bases. This article lists records for stolen bases within Major League Baseball (MLB). For individual players, leaders in stolen bases for a career, single season, and single game are provided, along with leaders in stolen base percentage for a ...
The next closest player is Lou Brock, who has 468 fewer stolen bases at 938. According to LIFE, the stolen base record is probably unbreakable, as it is hard to imagine a player today who would "even attempt so many steals." [103] For a player to approach Henderson's milestone, he would have to average 70 stolen bases over 20 seasons just to ...
Ohtani finished 2-for-4, giving him a .293 average and .995 OPS to go with his 44 homers and 46 stolen bases. His performance was part of a huge day for the Dodgers' lineup. Betts also batted 2 ...
Ronald Acuña Jr. is the first player in MLB history to record at least 20 home runs, 40 stolen bases and 50 RBI before the All-Star break. ... 40 stolen bases and 50 RBI before the All-Star break.
Lou Brock held the stolen base record from 1977 to 1991 and is one of just three players with more than 900 career stolen bases. Sliding Billy Hamilton held the stolen base record for 80 years. Arlie Latham was the stolen base record holder from 1887 to 1896. Juan Pierre won multiple stolen base titles and finished his career with 614 stolen bases.
Indeed, in 69 games going back to July 4, Ohtani had stolen 39 bases entering Tuesday and been caught only twice. He hasn’t gone more than five games in that period without at least one steal.
In this circumstance, the baserunner is not considered to have been caught stealing. However, if, during the play, the runner made any feint or motion toward the next base, then the runner is caught stealing, even if he is eventually caught trying to re-assume the base which he originally occupied.