2007-07-01 13:34:20 · 55 answers · asked by Judas Rabbi 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Ricky Henderson has 500 more than the 2nd most all time.
2007-07-01 13:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
player, SB, %
Tim Raines 808 84.7%
Eric Davis 349 84.1%
Davey Lopes 557 83.0%
Joe Morgan 689 81.0%
Vince Coleman 752 81.0%
Rickey Henderson 1406 80.8%
Lou Brock 938 75.3%
On success rate (among the big stealers, and for those olde-tymers where we don't have complete career data, like Cobb and Collins, the seasons where we do have complete data indicate they were not 80 percenters, so we leave them aside), Raines wins. And he was really, really good at it, so he deserves this acknowledgement.
But we can also look at "net steals", a simple formula -- net steals == stolen bases - 2*caught steals (on the basis that getting caught costs an out AND removes a valuable baserunner, so a double penalty is fair). And:
Henderson 736
Raines 516
Coleman 398
Morgan 365
Lopes 329
Brock 324
Davis 217
And, to no surprise, it's Rickey in a landslide.
I'm with most people and give Henderson the nod as The Greatst Basestealer Ever, and it's hard (possible but hard) to argue against him. But Raines was no slouch, and here's hoping the Hall voters notice him next January.
2007-07-01 13:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jose Reyes Hanley Ramirez Juan Pierre Brian Roberts Carl Crawford Chone Figgins
2016-05-20 23:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ricky Henderson
2007-07-02 12:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by Soopa Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rickey Henderson
2007-07-06 12:48:34 · answer #5 · answered by Pancake Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Rickey Henderson
2. Ty Cobb
3. Billy Hamilton
4. Vince Coleman
5. Tim Raines
2007-07-01 22:31:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rickey Henderson - 130 in a single season in 1982
2007-07-07 05:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ricky Henderson.
2007-07-06 07:03:09 · answer #8 · answered by Big Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ricky Henderson
2007-07-01 15:04:10 · answer #9 · answered by Spud The Diet Dew Drinker Go Me! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Juan Pierre, Jose Reyes, and Ricky Henderson
2007-07-06 06:54:15 · answer #10 · answered by Tony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consensus says Ricky Henderson.
2007-07-01 15:17:07 · answer #11 · answered by Adam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋