Stealing is Good Especially When the Numbers Are Right

by Bill Chuck on September 24, 2012

My first report on this topic was rife with statistical anomalies which have now been corrected. My apologies.

Players are stealing bases again and that is good for the game and good for fans.

So far, 38 players have stolen a least 20 bases:

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Trout 46
2 Rajai Davis 45
3 Michael Bourn 39
4 Ben Revere 38
5 Shane Victorino 37
6 Everth Cabrera 37
7 Jose Reyes 36
8 Coco Crisp 35
9 Carlos Gomez 35
10 Juan Pierre 35
11 Jose Altuve 33
12 Dee Gordon 31
13 Alcides Escobar 31
14 Jimmy Rollins 30
15 Drew Stubbs 30
16 Emilio Bonifacio 30
17 B.J. Upton 30
18 Tony Campana 29
19 Desmond Jennings 29
20 Ryan Braun 29
21 Norichika Aoki 28
22 Jarrod Dyson 28
23 Jason Kipnis 28
24 Angel Pagan 28
25 Ichiro Suzuki 27
Rk Player SB
26 Jordan Schafer 27
27 Cameron Maybin 26
28 Starlin Castro 25
29 Alejandro De Aza 24
30 Gregor Blanco 23
31 Alex Rios 22
32 Will Venable 22
33 Darin Mastroianni 21
34 Ian Kinsler 21
35 Michael Saunders 20
36 Quintin Berry 20
37 Elvis Andrus 20
38 Carlos Gonzalez 20
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 9/24/2012.

We have another 28 players in the 15-19 steals range:

Rk Player SB
1 Ian Desmond 19
2 Shin-Soo Choo 19
3 Danny Espinosa 19
4 Alexei Ramirez 19
5 Jason Heyward 19
6 Andrew McCutchen 19
7 Hanley Ramirez 18
8 Alexi Casilla 18
9 Jon Jay 18
10 Elliot Johnson 18
11 Erick Aybar 18
12 Martin Prado 17
13 Dewayne Wise 17
14 Yoenis Cespedes 16
15 Jemile Weeks 16
16 Denard Span 16
17 Eric Hosmer 16
18 Maicer Izturis 16
19 Paul Goldschmidt 16
20 Dustin Pedroia 16
21 Justin Upton 16
22 Rickie Weeks 15
23 Anthony Gose 15
24 Pedro Ciriaco 15
25 Brandon Phillips 15
Rk Player SB
26 Cliff Pennington 15
27 Brian Bogusevic 15
28 Roger Bernadina 15
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 9/24/2012.

If the 13 who currently have 17+ steals reach the 20 steal mark we will have more 20-base stealers than last season and the most since 1989.

Rk Year #
1 2011 50
2 2009 46
3 2001 44
4 2007 42
5 2000 42
6 2012 38
7 2008 37
8 2010 35
9 2006 35
10 2002 33
11 2005 27
12 2004 27
13 2003 26
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 9/24/2012.

And if you want frame of reference, here are the 20-base stealers for the 13 seasons from 1987-99:

Rk Year #
1 1987 58
2 1988 56
3 1989 51
4 1999 50
5 1995 49
6 1990 49
7 1993 46
8 1998 45
9 1996 43
10 1991 43
11 1997 42
12 1992 39
13 1994 31
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 9/24/2012.
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