With one game of the 2022 World Series in the books, we still have about five months now until baseball returns to Chicago. I thought it would be a good time to revisit, for the first time in six years, the all-time rankings in both offensive and defensive categories for all iterations of the current 30 teams for the 1040 games I’ve identified that I have attended. We continue today back on the offensive side of the ball with stolen bases.
Based on the raw numbers, the White Sox and Cubs continue to be the far and away leaders in this category, as they are the two teams I’ve seen the most by a wide margin. When you adjust the numbers per game, the Devil Rays and the California and Anaheim versions of the Angels jump to the top of the heap. The White Sox fall to the bottom of the middle third and the Cubs are squarely towards the low end, with just under one stolen base every other game. The Braves are the worst team that I have seen somewhat often, with less than 0.3 stolen per game, while the Miami incarnation of the Marlins have yet to steal a base in a game I have attended.
Stolen Bases
| Team Name | SB |
|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 388 |
| Chicago Cubs | 215 |
| Kansas City Royals | 50 |
| Cleveland Indians | 44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 41 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 40 |
| Houston Astros | 38 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 32 |
| Texas Rangers | 32 |
| Minnesota Twins | 31 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 26 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 |
| Boston Red Sox | 22 |
| Florida Marlins | 22 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 21 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 19 |
| Oakland Athletics | 19 |
| Seattle Mariners | 19 |
| New York Yankees | 18 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 15 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 15 |
| Colorado Rockies | 15 |
| Washington Nationals | 13 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 13 |
| San Francisco Giants | 12 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 12 |
| New York Mets | 11 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 8 |
| San Diego Padres | 7 |
| Atlanta Braves | 6 |
| Montreal Expos | 5 |
| Anaheim Angels | 3 |
| California Angels | 2 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 2 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 |
Stolen Bases Per Game
| Team Name | SB |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1.6 |
| Anaheim Angels | 1.5 |
| California Angels | 1 |
| Montreal Expos | 1 |
| Washington Nationals | 1 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 0.97561 |
| Florida Marlins | 0.95652 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0.91304 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 0.88235 |
| Colorado Rockies | 0.83333 |
| Texas Rangers | 0.82051 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0.80645 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0.8 |
| Houston Astros | 0.77551 |
| Cleveland Indians | 0.75862 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 0.75 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 0.74286 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 0.72222 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0.69492 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0.6875 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0.66667 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0.65517 |
| New York Mets | 0.64706 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0.6129 |
| New York Yankees | 0.58065 |
| Chicago White Sox | 0.57738 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0.56522 |
| San Francisco Giants | 0.52174 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0.49199 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0.475 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0.45588 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0.44444 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0.39394 |
| San Diego Padres | 0.33333 |
| Atlanta Braves | 0.28571 |
| Miami Marlins | 0 |