Caught stealing record?
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:46 pmI just finished a 1984 season with a team dedicated to stealing. It kinda worked, even though I ended up in last place. I won 84 games and outscored my opponents by over 50 runs, it just happened to be _really_ tough division. Ricky Henderson absolutely obliterated the caught stealing record by stealing 133 bases yet got caught an astounding 77 times. That breaks Ricky's own record by 35 times caught!
I had every player on the team (except Buckner) set to steal more and and my team strategy was to steal "very aggressive". Other than Ricky, the percentages were really pretty darn good. HAL just couldn't resist having Ricky try to steal home where he tried 16 times, and he was only successful 5. The entire rest of the team only tried stealing home 8 times, and surprisingly, those guys were safe in 5 of those attempts. So, having the ability to get a good jump so often appears to be a real negative with an extremely aggressive stealing strategy.
http://365.strat-o-matic.com/team/1435432
Just thought this might be of general interest to those putting together stealing teams.
I had every player on the team (except Buckner) set to steal more and and my team strategy was to steal "very aggressive". Other than Ricky, the percentages were really pretty darn good. HAL just couldn't resist having Ricky try to steal home where he tried 16 times, and he was only successful 5. The entire rest of the team only tried stealing home 8 times, and surprisingly, those guys were safe in 5 of those attempts. So, having the ability to get a good jump so often appears to be a real negative with an extremely aggressive stealing strategy.
http://365.strat-o-matic.com/team/1435432
Just thought this might be of general interest to those putting together stealing teams.