Stealing Question

Hey! Haven't been able to find the answer to this in the forums...when looking at stealing what does the star mean?

Ex. I have 1894 Delahanty and 1887 Tip O'Neill on a team, conservative steal setting, both not checked for steal more / don't steal. Their cards have the following steal stats:

Delahanty - B 4/- (18-13) - on the season 6 SB 6 CS
O'Neill - A *5/- (18-13) - on the season 7 SB 2 CS

What does the star in front of the 5 mean for Tip? (seems like most good base stealers have it)

Hey! Haven't been able to find the answer to this in the forums...when looking at stealing what does the star mean?

Ex. I have 1894 Delahanty and 1887 Tip O'Neill on a team, conservative steal setting, both not checked for steal more / don't steal. Their cards have the following steal stats:

Delahanty - B 4/- (18-13) - on the season 6 SB 6 CS
O'Neill - A *5/- (18-13) - on the season 7 SB 2 CS

What does the star in front of the 5 mean for Tip? (seems like most good base stealers have it)

It means, unlike, Delahanty, O'Neil does not have to establish a good lead to benefit from the "18" reading if not held on base by the first baseman.

From SOM super-advanced rules....
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In a steal situation, if a baserunner's good lead numbers are preceded by an asterisk and he is not being held on, the offensive manager automatically rolls the 20-sided die referring to the baserunner's first rating number. A dice frequency roll is not necessary to establish a good lead in this situation. An asterisk reading only affects steals of second base.

Also in online--a guy with a * rating is automatically held at 1B in any normal situation--so the two guys responsible for holding him fielding range is dropped by one (a 1 SS or 2B becomes a 2 when he is responsible for taking the throw) (either 1B and 2B or 1B and SS depending on batter being RH or LH)--so batter gets a little advantage in a possible single.

The guys without * ratings usually are not held unless safe chances exceed 15% (or at least 6 of the 36 chances to get the lead). It may be 20% but in windows game 15% is default so I am just guessing online uses windows default settings,