Team Stats: Stolen Bases

With 3 months until baseball in Chicago returns, I thought it would be interesting to look at the all time rankings in both offensive and defensive categories for all iterations of the current 30 teams for the 833 games I’ve identified that I have attended. After a brief hiatus for the holidays, we continue today back on the offensive side of the ball with stolen bases.

Based on the raw numbers, the White Sox and Cubs are far and away the leaders in this category, as they are far and away the teams I’ve seen the most. When you adjust the numbers per game, the California and Anaheim versions of the Angels and the Devil Rays 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 less than 1 SB every other game.  The Braves are the worst team that I have seen somewhat often, at less than .3 SB 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 Stolen Bases
Chicago White Sox 303
Chicago Cubs 176
Kansas City Royals 36
Milwaukee Brewers 34
Cincinnati Reds 32
Houston Astros 30
Texas Rangers 28
Minnesota Twins 27
Cleveland Indians 26
Detroit Tigers

 

26
Baltimore Orioles 24
Los Angeles Angels 23
Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Florida Marlins 22
Boston Red Sox 18
Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Tampa Bay Rays 16
Seattle Mariners 14
Arizona Diamondbacks 13
Colorado Rockies 13
Philadelphia Phillies 13
Oakland Athletics 13
St. Louis Cardinals 12
New York Mets 11
Toronto Blue Jays 11
San Francisco Giants 9
Washington Nationals 8
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8
New York Yankees 7
San Diego Padres 6
Atlanta Braves 5
Montreal Expos 5
Anaheim Angels 3
California Angels 2
Miami Marlins 0

 

Stolen Bases Per Game
Team Name Stolen Bases
California Angels 2
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1.6
Anaheim Angels 1.5
Colorado Rockies 1
Montreal Expos 1
Washington Nationals 1
Florida Marlins 0.956521739130435
Milwaukee Brewers 0.944444444444444
Tampa Bay Rays 0.941176470588235
Arizona Diamondbacks 0.866666666666667
Texas Rangers 0.848484848484849
Cincinnati Reds 0.82051282051282
Philadelphia Phillies 0.8125
Los Angeles Dodgers 0.80952380952381
Baltimore Orioles 0.8
Los Angeles Angels 0.793103448275862
New York Mets 0.785714285714286
Kansas City Royals 0.782608695652174
Houston Astros 0.75
Boston Red Sox 0.692307692307692
Detroit Tigers 0.634146341463415
Chicago White Sox 0.601190476190476
Cleveland Indians 0.590909090909091
Oakland Athletics 0.590909090909091
Pittsburgh Pirates 0.547619047619048
San Francisco Giants 0.529411764705882
Minnesota Twins 0.519230769230769
Toronto Blue Jays 0.5
Chicago Cubs 0.460732984293194
Seattle Mariners 0.4375
St. Louis Cardinals 0.4
New York Yankees 0.333333333333333
San Diego Padres 0.333333333333333
Atlanta Braves 0.277777777777778
Miami Marlins 0

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