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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Base_stealing&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Base stealing">Base stealing</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">In baseball, when a runner advances one or more bases before the ball has been batted</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baseball_steal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Baseball_steal.jpg/220px-Baseball_steal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Baseball_steal.jpg/330px-Baseball_steal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Baseball_steal.jpg/440px-Baseball_steal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2643" data-file-height="1762" /></a><figcaption>The all-time stolen base leader, <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Rickey Henderson</a>, steals third base in 1988.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, a <b>stolen base</b> occurs when a <a href="/wiki/Base_running" title="Base running">runner</a> advances to a <a href="/wiki/Base_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Base (baseball)">base</a> unaided by other actions and the <a href="/wiki/Official_scorer" title="Official scorer">official scorer</a> rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner. The <a href="/wiki/Umpire" title="Umpire">umpires</a> determine whether the runner is <a href="/wiki/Safe_(baseball)" title="Safe (baseball)">safe</a> or out at the next base, but the official scorer rules on the question of credit or blame for the advance under Rule 10 (Rules of Scoring) of the MLB's Official Rules.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A stolen base most often occurs when a base runner advances to the next base while the <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> is pitching the ball to <a href="/wiki/Home_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Home plate">home plate</a>. </p><p>Successful base stealers must be fast and have good timing. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stolen_base&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ned_Cuthbert" title="Ned Cuthbert">Ned Cuthbert</a>, playing for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Keystones" title="Philadelphia Keystones">Philadelphia Keystones</a> in either 1863 or 1865, was the first player to steal a base in a baseball game, although the term <i>stolen base</i> was not used until 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a time in the 19th century, stolen bases were credited when a baserunner reached an extra base on a base hit from another player.<sup id="cite_ref-bid_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bid-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, if a runner on <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first base</a> reached <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third base</a> on a single, it counted as a steal. In 1887, <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Nicol" title="Hugh Nicol">Hugh Nicol</a> set a still-standing Major League record with 138 stolen bases,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> many of which would not have counted under modern rules.<sup id="cite_ref-bid_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bid-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern steal rules were fully implemented in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MLB_HR_and_SB_rates.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/MLB_HR_and_SB_rates.png/500px-MLB_HR_and_SB_rates.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/MLB_HR_and_SB_rates.png 1.5x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>Graph depicting the yearly number of home runs (blue line) and stolen bases (pink line) per MLB game. The two primary periods in which the stolen base was popular were before 1920 and again in the 1970s and 1980s.</figcaption></figure> <p>Base stealing was popular in the game's early decades, with speedsters such as <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Milan" title="Clyde Milan">Clyde Milan</a> stealing nearly 100 bases in a season. But the tactic fell into relative disuse after <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> introduced the era of the <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> – in 1955, for example, no one in baseball stole more than 25 bases, and <a href="/wiki/Dom_DiMaggio" title="Dom DiMaggio">Dom DiMaggio</a> won the AL stolen base title in 1950 with just 15. However, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, base-stealing was brought back to prominence primarily by <a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Luis Aparicio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a>, who broke Cobb's modern single-season record by stealing 104 bases in 1962. Wills’ record was broken in turn by <a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Lou Brock</a> in 1974 and <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Rickey Henderson</a> in 1982. The stolen base remained a popular tactic through the 1980s, perhaps best exemplified by <a href="/wiki/Vince_Coleman_(baseball)" title="Vince Coleman (baseball)">Vince Coleman</a> and the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, but began to decline again in the 1990s as the frequency of <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> reached record heights and the steal-friendly <a href="/wiki/Artificial_turf" title="Artificial turf">artificial turf</a> ballparks began to disappear. </p><p>Base stealing is an important characteristic of the "<a href="/wiki/Small_ball_(baseball)" title="Small ball (baseball)">small ball</a>" managing style (or "manufacturing runs"). Such managers emphasize "doing the little things" (including risky running plays like base-stealing) to advance runners and score runs, often relying on pitching and defense to keep games close. The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> of the 1960s, led by pitcher <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> and speedy shortstop <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a>, were a successful example of this style. The antithesis of this is reliance on power hitting, exemplified by the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> of the 1970s, which aspired to score most of its runs via home runs. Often the "small ball" model is associated with the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, while power hitting is associated with the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>. However, some successful recent American League teams, including the <a href="/wiki/2002_in_baseball" title="2002 in baseball">2002</a> <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim Angels">Anaheim Angels</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2001_in_baseball" title="2001 in baseball">2001</a> <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2005_in_baseball" title="2005 in baseball">2005</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/2015_in_baseball" title="2015 in baseball">2015</a> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, have excelled at "small ball." The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Royals</a> in particular embodied this style within the last decade, leading the league in stolen bases but finishing last in <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> in 2013 and 2014, leading to a berth in two consecutive <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>, one of which they won. Successful teams often combine both styles, with speedy runners complementing power hitters—such as the 2005 White Sox, who hit 200 home runs, which was fifth most in the majors, and had 137 stolen bases, which was fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Base-stealing_technique">Base-stealing technique</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stolen_base&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Base-stealing technique"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baseball's Rule 8 (The Pitcher) specifies the pitching procedure in detail. For example, in the Set Position, the pitcher must "com[e] to a complete stop"; thereafter, "any natural motion associated with his delivery of the ball to the batter commits him to the pitch without alteration or interruption."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A runner intending to "steal on the pitcher" breaks for the next base the moment the pitcher commits to pitch to home plate. The pitcher cannot abort the pitch and try to put the runner out; this is a <a href="/wiki/Balk_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balk (baseball)">balk</a> under Rule 8. </p><p>If the runner breaks too soon (before the pitcher is obliged to complete a pitch), the pitcher may throw to a base rather than pitch, and the runner is usually <i>picked off</i> by being tagged out between the bases. Past this moment, any delay in the runner's break makes it more likely that the <a href="/wiki/Catcher_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Catcher (baseball)">catcher</a>, after receiving the pitch, will be able to throw the runner out at the destination base. </p><p>Before the pitch, the runner takes a <i>lead</i>, walking several steps away from the base as a <a href="/wiki/Head_start_(positioning)" title="Head start (positioning)">head start</a> toward the next base. Even a runner who does not intend to steal takes a <i>secondary lead</i> of a few more steps, once the pitcher has legally committed to complete the pitch. </p><p>The pitcher may throw to the runner's base. The runner must return to that base or risk being tagged out. As well as putting the runner out, an underlying goal is to dissuade the runner from too big a lead; that is, to <i>hold the runner on</i> the original base. (Historically, this gambit could be used without limit. An MLB rules change in 2023 limited the pitcher to two throws; the pitcher must then pitch to the batter.) </p><p>The more adept base stealers are proficient at <i>reading the pickoff</i>, meaning that they can detect certain <i>tells</i> (tell-tale signs) in a pitcher's pre-pitch movements or mannerisms that indicate the pickoff attempt is or is not imminent. For example, one experienced base stealer noted that careless pitchers dig the toes on their back foot into the ground when they are about to pitch in order to get a better push off, but when they intend to turn and throw a pickoff, they do not.<sup id="cite_ref-mahony1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mahony1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If a batted ball is caught on the fly, the runner must return to his original base. In this case, a runner trying to steal is more likely to be caught off his original base, resulting in a <a href="/wiki/Double_play" title="Double play">double play</a>. This is a minor risk of a steal attempt. It is offset by the fact that a ground ball double play is less likely. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plays_involving_baserunning">Plays involving baserunning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stolen_base&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Plays involving baserunning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Hit_and_run_(baseball)" title="Hit and run (baseball)">hit-and-run play</a></i>, coaches coordinate the actions of runner and batter. The runner tries to steal and the batter swings at almost any pitch, if only to distract the catcher. If the batter makes contact, the runner has a greater chance of reaching the next base; if the batter gets a base hit, the runner will likely be able to take an extra base. If the batter fails to hit the ball, the hit-and-run becomes a pure steal attempt. </p><p>The less common cousin to the hit and run is the "run and hit" play. In the run and hit, the base runner attempts to advance when the pitcher commits the pitch to home plate, but the batter is instead directed to exercise his judgement as to whether or not to swing at the pitch. If the batter feels it is not advantageous to swing, AND he believes the base runner is very likely to succeed in the steal attempt, he does not swing. This play is typically utilized with elite base stealers and skilled batters only, wherein a highly experienced batsman is trusted to decide whether or not to "protect" the base runner. If the batter chooses not to swing, it becomes a pure steal attempt. </p><p>In the <i>delayed steal</i>, the runner does not take advantage of the pitcher's duty to complete a pitch, but relies on surprise and takes advantage of any complacency by the fielders. The runner gives the impression he is not trying to steal, and does not break for the next base until the ball crosses the plate. It is rare for Major League defenses to be fooled, but the play is used effectively at the college level. The first delayed steal on record was performed by <a href="/wiki/Miller_Huggins" title="Miller Huggins">Miller Huggins</a> in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-cincy_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cincy-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The delayed steal was famously practiced by <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Stanky" title="Eddie Stanky">Eddie Stanky</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Evan_Simonitsch_03.jpg/300px-Evan_Simonitsch_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Evan_Simonitsch_03.jpg/400px-Evan_Simonitsch_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3401" data-file-height="2557" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">A <a href="/wiki/Loyola_Marymount_Lions_baseball" title="Loyola Marymount Lions baseball">Loyola Marymount</a> baserunner attempts to steal home during a 2011 <a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">college baseball</a> game in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.</div></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Second_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Second base">Second base</a> is the base most often stolen, because once a runner is on second base he is considered to be in <i>scoring position</i>, meaning that he is expected to be able to run home and score on most routine singles hit into the outfield.<sup id="cite_ref-mahony1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mahony1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Second base is also the easiest to steal, as it is farthest from home plate and thus a longer throw from the catcher is required to prevent it. <a href="/wiki/Third_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Third base">Third base</a> is a shorter throw for the catcher, but the runner is able to take a longer lead off second base and can leave for third base earlier against a left-handed pitcher. A steal of <a href="/wiki/Home_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Home plate">home plate</a> is the riskiest, as the catcher only needs to tag out the runner after receiving the ball from the pitcher. It is difficult for the runner to cover the distance between the bases before the ball arrives home. <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> holds the records for most steals of home in a single season (8) as well as for a career (54).<sup id="cite_ref-BBAlm_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBAlm-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steals of home are not officially recorded statistics, and must be researched through individual game accounts. Thus Cobb's totals may be even greater than is recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-BBAlm_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBAlm-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> famously stole home in Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/1955_World_Series" title="1955 World Series">1955 World Series</a>. Thirty-five games have ended with a runner stealing home, but only two have occurred since 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a variation on the steal of home, the batter is signaled to simultaneously execute a <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_bunt" title="Sacrifice bunt">sacrifice bunt</a>, which results in the <i><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_play_(baseball)" title="Squeeze play (baseball)">squeeze play</a>.</i> The <i>suicide squeeze</i> is a squeeze in which the runner on third begins to steal home without seeing the outcome of the bunt; it is so named because if the batter fails to bunt, the runner will surely be out. In contrast, when the runner on third does not commit until seeing that the ball is bunted advantageously, it is called a <i>safety squeeze.</i> </p><p>In more recent years, most steals of home involve a <i>delayed double steal</i>, in which a runner on first attempts to steal second, while the runner on third breaks for home as soon as the catcher throws to second base. If it is important to prevent the run from scoring, the catcher may hold on to the ball (conceding the steal of second) or may throw to the pitcher; this may deceive the runner at third and the pitcher may throw back to the catcher for the out. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stolen_base&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_out_at_2nd_(36554976006).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/An_out_at_2nd_%2836554976006%29.jpg/220px-An_out_at_2nd_%2836554976006%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/An_out_at_2nd_%2836554976006%29.jpg/330px-An_out_at_2nd_%2836554976006%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/An_out_at_2nd_%2836554976006%29.jpg/440px-An_out_at_2nd_%2836554976006%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3368" data-file-height="2245" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tim_Locastro" title="Tim Locastro">Tim Locastro</a> steals second base for the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City Dodgers">Oklahoma City Dodgers</a> during a 2017 game</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Baseball_statistics" title="Baseball statistics">baseball statistics</a>, stolen bases are denoted by "SB". Attempts to steal that result in the baserunner being out are <i><a href="/wiki/Caught_stealing" title="Caught stealing">caught stealing</a></i> ("CS"). The sum of these statistics is <i>steal attempts.</i> Successful steals as a percentage of total steal attempts is called the <i>success rate</i>. </p><p>The rule on stolen bases<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> states that: </p> <ul><li>Advances that are credited to some other play are not steal attempts. For example, on a wild pitch or a passed ball, the <a href="/wiki/Official_scorer" title="Official scorer">official scorer</a> must notice whether the runner broke for the next base before the pitch got away.</li> <li>As usual, statistics in the case of a defensive <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">error</a> are based on error-free play. If a runner would have been out, but for the error, it is scored as "caught stealing, safe on the error." A catcher does not commit an error by throwing poorly to the destination base, but if any runner takes an extra base on the bad throw, it is "stolen base plus error."</li> <li>There is no steal attempt on a dead ball, whether the runner is sent back to the original base (as on a foul ball) or is awarded the next base (as on a hit batsman). On a base award when the ball is live (such as a walk), the runner could make a steal attempt beyond the base awarded.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Defensive_indifference"></span> Cases where the defense intentionally allows the runner to advance without attempting to put him out are scored as <i>defensive indifference</i>, also called <i>fielder's indifference</i>, and do not count as stolen bases.<sup id="cite_ref-jackcurry_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jackcurry-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is usually only scored late in games when it is clear that the defense's priority is getting the batter out. The lack of a putout attempt does not by itself indicate defensive indifference; the official scorer must also factor in the game situation and the defensive players' actions.</li></ul> <p>Relative skill at stealing bases can be judged by evaluating either a player's total number of steals or the success rate. Noted statistician <a href="/wiki/Bill_James" title="Bill James">Bill James</a> has argued that unless a player has a high success rate (67–70% or better), attempting to steal a base is detrimental to a team.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Comparing skill against players from other eras is problematic, because the definition has not been constant. Caught stealing was not recorded regularly until the middle of the 20th century. <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>, for example, was known as a great base-stealer, with 892 steals and a success rate of over 83%. However, the data on Cobb's caught stealing is missing from 12 seasons, strongly suggesting he was unsuccessful many more times than his stats indicate.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Carlos Beltrán</a>, with 286 steals, has the highest career success rate of all players with over 300 stolen base attempts, at 88.3%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evolution_of_rules_and_scoring">Evolution of rules and scoring</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stolen_base&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Evolution of rules and scoring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbot_Nailing_the_First_Steal_Attempted_on_Swayne_Field,_Attendance_12,000,_Toledo_O._-_DPLA_-_ba2394a7f96a698bd750c95a6530012a_(page_1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Abbot_Nailing_the_First_Steal_Attempted_on_Swayne_Field%2C_Attendance_12%2C000%2C_Toledo_O._-_DPLA_-_ba2394a7f96a698bd750c95a6530012a_%28page_1%29.jpg/220px-Abbot_Nailing_the_First_Steal_Attempted_on_Swayne_Field%2C_Attendance_12%2C000%2C_Toledo_O._-_DPLA_-_ba2394a7f96a698bd750c95a6530012a_%28page_1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Abbot_Nailing_the_First_Steal_Attempted_on_Swayne_Field%2C_Attendance_12%2C000%2C_Toledo_O._-_DPLA_-_ba2394a7f96a698bd750c95a6530012a_%28page_1%29.jpg/330px-Abbot_Nailing_the_First_Steal_Attempted_on_Swayne_Field%2C_Attendance_12%2C000%2C_Toledo_O._-_DPLA_-_ba2394a7f96a698bd750c95a6530012a_%28page_1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Abbot_Nailing_the_First_Steal_Attempted_on_Swayne_Field%2C_Attendance_12%2C000%2C_Toledo_O._-_DPLA_-_ba2394a7f96a698bd750c95a6530012a_%28page_1%29.jpg/440px-Abbot_Nailing_the_First_Steal_Attempted_on_Swayne_Field%2C_Attendance_12%2C000%2C_Toledo_O._-_DPLA_-_ba2394a7f96a698bd750c95a6530012a_%28page_1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8188" data-file-height="5083" /></a><figcaption>"Abbot Nailing the First Steal Attempded  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] on Swayne Field" 1909</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lastings_Milledge_and_Luis_Castillo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Lastings_Milledge_and_Luis_Castillo.jpg/220px-Lastings_Milledge_and_Luis_Castillo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Lastings_Milledge_and_Luis_Castillo.jpg/330px-Lastings_Milledge_and_Luis_Castillo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Lastings_Milledge_and_Luis_Castillo.jpg/440px-Lastings_Milledge_and_Luis_Castillo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2710" data-file-height="1481" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lastings_Milledge" title="Lastings Milledge">Lastings Milledge</a> steals a base.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first mention of the stolen base as a statistic was in the 1877 scoring rules adopted by the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, which noted credit toward a player's <a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">total bases</a> when a base is stolen.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2413_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2413-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not until 1886 that the stolen base appeared as something to be tracked, but was only to "appear in the summary of the game".<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2414_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2414-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1887, the stolen base was given its own individual statistical column in the <a href="/wiki/Box_score" title="Box score">box score</a>, and was defined for purposes of scoring: "...every base made after first base has been reached by a base runner, except for those made by reason of or with the aid of a battery error (<a href="/wiki/Wild_pitch" title="Wild pitch">wild pitch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Passed_ball" title="Passed ball">passed ball</a>), or by batting, <a href="/wiki/Balk" title="Balk">balks</a> or by being forced off. In short, shall include all bases made by a clean steal, or through a wild throw or muff of the ball by a fielder who is directly trying to put the base runner out while attempting to steal."<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2415_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2415-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, it was clarified that any attempt to steal must be credited to the runner, and that fielders committing errors during this play must also be charged with an error. This rule also clarified that advancement of another base(s) beyond the one being stolen is not credited as a stolen base on the same play, and that an error is charged to the fielder who permitted the extra advancement. There was clarification that a runner is credited with a steal if the attempt began before a battery error. Finally, batters were credited with a stolen base if they were tagged out after over running the base.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2415_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2415-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1892, a rule credited runners with stolen bases if a base runner advanced on a fly out, or if they advanced more than one base on any safe hit or attempted out, providing an attempt was made by the defense to put the runner out.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2415_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2415-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rule was rescinded in 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2415_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2415-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1898, stolen base scoring was narrowed to no longer include advancement in the event of a fielding error, or advancement caused by a hit batsman.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2416_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2416-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1904 saw an attempt to reduce the already wordy slew of rules governing stolen bases, with the stolen base now credited when "the baserunner [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] advances a base unaided by a base hit, a put out, (or) a fielding or batter error."<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2417_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2417-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1910 saw the first addressing of the double and triple steal attempts. Under the new rule, when any runner is thrown out, and the other(s) are successful, the successful runners will not be credited with a stolen base.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2417_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2417-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Without using the term, 1920 saw the first rule that would be referred to today as defensive indifference, as stolen bases would not be credited, unless an effort was made to stop the runner by the defense.<sup id="cite_ref-jackcurry_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jackcurry-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is usually called if such is attempted in the ninth inning while that player's team is trailing, unless the runner represents the potential tying run.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2418_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2418-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1931 saw a further narrowing of the criteria for awarding a stolen base. Power was given to the official scorer, in the event of a muff by the catcher in throwing, that in the judgment of the scorer the runner would have been out, to credit the catcher with an error, and not credit the runner with a stolen base.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2419_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2419-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, any successful steal on a play resulting in a wild pitch, passed ball, or balk would no longer be credited as a steal, even if the runner had started to steal before the play.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2419_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2419-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the largest rewrites to the rules in history came in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2420-23_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2420-23-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stolen base was specifically to be credited "to a runner whenever he advances one base unaided by a base hit, a putout, a forceout, a <a href="/wiki/Fielder%27s_choice" title="Fielder's choice">fielder's choice</a>, a passed ball, a wild pitch, or a balk."<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were noted exceptions, such as denying a stolen base to an otherwise successful steal as a part of a double or triple steal, if one other runner was thrown out in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A stolen base would be awarded to runners who successfully stole second base as a part of a double steal with a man on third, if the other runner failed to steal home, but instead was able to return safely to third base.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Runners who are tagged out oversliding the base after an otherwise successful steal would not be credited with a stolen base.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indifference was also credited as an exception.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Runners would now be credited with stolen bases if they had begun the act of stealing, and the resulting pitch was wild, or a passed ball.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, for 1950 only, runners would be credited with a stolen base if they were "well advanced" toward the base they were attempting to steal, and the pitcher is charged with a balk, with the further exception of a player attempting to steal, who would otherwise have been forced to advance on the balk by a runner behind them.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This rule was removed in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2423_25-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2423-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A clarification came in 1955 that awarded a stolen base to a runner even if he became involved in a <a href="/wiki/Rundown" title="Rundown">rundown</a>, provided he evaded the rundown and advanced to the base he intended to steal.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2426_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2426-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The criteria for "caught stealing" were fine-tuned in 1979, with a runner being charged with being caught if he is put out while trying to steal, overslides a base (otherwise successfully stolen), or is picked off a base and tries to advance to the next base.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2429_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2429-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is explicitly not caught stealing to be put out after a wild pitch or passed ball.<sup id="cite_ref-Total_Baseball2429_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_Baseball2429-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, base stealing increased due to new rules affecting pitchers: A pitch clock limited the amount of time a pitcher had to pitch and <a href="/wiki/Pickoff" title="Pickoff">pickoff</a> attempts were limited to two per at-bat.<sup id="cite_ref-2023changes_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023changes-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the bases were enlarged from 15 inches (38 cm) to 18 inches (46 cm), making stealing slightly easier.<sup id="cite_ref-2023changes_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023changes-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""Stealing_first""><span id=".22Stealing_first.22"></span>"Stealing first"</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stolen_base&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: "Stealing first""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uncaught_third_strike" title="Uncaught third strike">Uncaught third strike</a></div> <p>While not recorded as a stolen base, the same dynamic between batter/runner and defense is on display in the case of an <a href="/wiki/Uncaught_third_strike" title="Uncaught third strike">uncaught third strike</a>. The batter/runner can avoid an <a href="/wiki/Out_(baseball)" title="Out (baseball)">out</a> and become a baserunner by reaching first base ahead of the throw. This case is a <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeout</a> that is not an out; the batter/runner's acquisition of first base is scored as a <a href="/wiki/Passed_ball" title="Passed ball">passed ball</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Wild_pitch" title="Wild pitch">wild pitch</a>, or an <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">error</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In baseball's earlier decades, a runner on second base could "steal" first base, perhaps with the intention of drawing a throw that might allow a runner on third to score (a tactic famously employed by <a href="/wiki/Germany_Schaefer" title="Germany Schaefer">Germany Schaefer</a>). However, such a tactic was not recorded as a stolen base. MLB rules now forbid running clockwise on the basepaths to "confuse the defense or make a travesty of the game".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, after the pitcher assumes the pitching position, runners cannot return to any previous base.<sup id="cite_ref-stark_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stark-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a game on August 16, 1987, <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> <a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">center fielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Moseby" title="Lloyd Moseby">Lloyd Moseby</a> successfully stole second base on a throwing error by <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Carlton Fisk</a> that went well into center field. However, <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Guillen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozzie Guillen">Ozzie Guillen</a> faked as if the batter had hit a <a href="/wiki/Batted_ball#Fly_ball" title="Batted ball">popfly</a>, which would have required Moseby to <a href="/wiki/Tag_up" title="Tag up">return to first base</a> to avoid getting doubled off. Moseby made it back to first base, but another throwing error sent the ball to the infield wall, giving Moseby another chance to steal second, which he did.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This chaos led the announcer to say, "He doesn't know where the throw is; he's going back to first base! Is he going to steal first? He steals first! Now he's going to steal second again! I've never seen it before!"<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This bizarre play was officially scored as a baserunner advancing on a throwing error by the center fielder, ironically resulting in neither a stolen base awarded nor an error charged to the catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a game on April 19, 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Jean_Segura" title="Jean Segura">Jean Segura</a> stole second base in the bottom of the eighth inning. After the batter up, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Braun" title="Ryan Braun">Ryan Braun</a>, walked, Segura broke early for third base and the pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Camp_(baseball)" title="Shawn Camp (baseball)">Shawn Camp</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, threw ahead of him. As Segura was chased back to second base, Braun advanced to second as well and was tagged out. Segura, thinking <i>he</i> was out, began to return to the home dugout behind first base, but first base coach <a href="/wiki/Garth_Iorg" title="Garth Iorg">Garth Iorg</a> directed him to stand at first. Segura had not intentionally run the bases backwards as a deception or mockery, but no fielder tried to tag him out. Later in the inning, he attempted to steal second for the second time, but was thrown out by catcher <a href="/wiki/Welington_Castillo" title="Welington Castillo">Welington Castillo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The expression "You can't steal <a href="/wiki/First_base" class="mw-redirect" title="First base">first base</a>" is sometimes used in reference to a player who is fast but not very good at getting <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on base</a> in the first place.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_McClendon" title="Lloyd McClendon">Lloyd McClendon</a> is jokingly referred to as having "stolen first" in a June 26, 2001 game as the manager of the Pirates: after being <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">ejected</a> for disputing a call at first base, he yanked the base out of the ground and left the field with it, delaying the game.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the incident, McClendon said "I told him he wasn't using it, so I thought I'd take it."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a groundskeeper came out to replace the bag, the crowd booed him.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Independent_baseball_league" title="Independent baseball league">independent</a> <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">Atlantic League</a> instituted a new rule for the second half of the 2019 season, allowing batters to become runners on any pitch not "caught in flight" by the catcher, as they can throughout baseball after most <a href="/wiki/Uncaught_third_strike" title="Uncaught third strike">uncaught third strikes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 13, 2019, outfielder Tony Thomas of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs became the first player to reach first base under this rule. The press described this as "stealing first base",<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though it is scored as described above. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stolen_base&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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