The Total SB-CS-PKc events in the data period are 192,723
The Total SBs are 127,333
The Total CSs are 62,287
The Total PKcs are 3,103
[Note that the above events include all solo, double & triple combinations of SB-CS-PKc]

There were 4,044 different Base Runners in the SB-CS-PKc events
There were 818 different Catchers in these SB-CS-PKc events
 

[SB2 = A Steal of 2nd Base, SB3 = A Steal of 3rd Base, SBH = A Steal of Home, CS2 = Caught Stealing 2nd Base, CS3 = Caught Stealing 3rd Base, CSH = Caught Stealing Home, PKc1 = Pickoff at 1st Base, PKc2 = Pickoff at 2nd Base, PKc3 = Pickoff at 3rd Base.]

The breakdown of the 127,333 Stolen Bases are:
[Includes solo, double and triple SB combinations.]

SB2 SB3 SBH

112,581 13,633 1,119

The breakdown of the 62,287 Caught Stealing are:

CS2 CS3 CSH

53,946 5,592 2,749

The breakdown of the 3,103 Catcher Pickoffs are:

PKc1 PKc2 PKc3

1,436 1,050 617

Excluding Catcher Pickoffs, the Success Rate for Stolen Bases were:
[Note that the below includes solo, double & triple combinations.]

SB2 SB3 SBH SB

67.6% 70.9% 28.9% 67.2%

Of the total SBs (192,723) there were 4,547 Double Steals:

Double Steals (SB2-SB3) Double Steals (SB2-SBH) Double Steals (SB3-SBH)

3,713 774 60

Of the total SBs there were 27 Triple Steals

Of the Total CSs (62,287) there were 16 Double Caught:

Double Caught (CS2-CS3) Double Caught (CS2-CSH) Double Caught (CS3-CSH)

4 9 3

There were NO Triple Caught Stealings.

The Top 10 (Best) Catchers Career (data period only with 250+ SBA's minimum) CS% are:
(Only 236 of 818 catchers qualified)

Roy Campanella Clay Dalrymple Yogi Berra Dick Bertell Ivan Rodriguez Gus Triandos Sherm Lollar Del Crandall Steve Lake Joe Azcue

.5721 .4880 .4780 .4774 .4754 .4662 .4618 .4544 .4543 .4517

The Bottom 10 (Worst) Catchers Career (data period only with 250+ SBA minimum) CS% are:
(Only 236 of 818 catchers qualified)

Josh Bard Scott Hatteberg Joe Nolan Gary Bennett Luis Pujols Michael Barrett Dave Nilsson Mike Fitzgerald Craig Biggio Mike Piazza

.1952 .2089 .2095 .2178 .2249 .2255 .2267 .2275 .2305 .2320

The Best 10 Catchers (Career of data period only) at Stopping Base Thefts for each base were: [Note that data includes all combinations of SBs and CSs.]

CS2 (Minimum 200 SB Attempts of Runner On 1st Going to 2nd).

Clay Dalrymple Yogi Berra Gus Triandos Dick Bertell Del Crandall Ivan Rodriguez Steve Lake Joe Azcue Earl Battey Buck Rodgers

.4840 .4753 .4703 .4622 .4531 .4499 .4493 .4396 .4343 .4341

CS3 (Minimum 40 SB Attempts of Runner On 2nd Going to 3rd).

Mike Redmond Ivan Rodriguez Joe Azcue Charles Johnson Ron Karkovice Johnny Bench Charlie Moore Gus Triandos Ed Bailey Mike Heath

.4898 .4855 .4750 .4608 .4524 .4494 .4474 .4419 .4375 .4304

CSH (Minimum of 15 Attempts of Runner On 3rd Going Home).

Johnny Bench Jody Davis Tony Pena Chris Cannizzaro Ray Fosse Mike Heath Bo Diaz Rick Dempsey Mike Scioscia Jason Kendall

.9500 .9200 .8906 .8750 .8696 .8667 .8636 .8621 .8462 .8333

The Catchers with the Most Pickoffs (Career):

PKc1 PKc2 PKc3 PKc Tot

50 24 28 81

Ivan Rodriguez Benito Santiago Bob Boone Ivan Rodriguez

Catchers with the Most Stolen Base Attempts Against them (SB & CS Only)

SBA2 SBA3 SBAH SBA Tot

2,078 219 64 2,294

Gary Carter Mike Piazza Tony Pena Gary Carter

The 10 Best Catcher Seasons (minimum 50 SBA's all bases and all situations) were:

Gus Triandos Jason LaRue Dick Bertell Thurman Munson Earl Battey Henry Blanco Bob Boone Ellie Rodriguez

1957 BAL 2001 CIN 1963 CHN 1971 NYA 1960 WAS 2000 MIL 1982 CAL 1971 MIL

.6667 .6087 .6027 .5965 .5857 .5821 .5818 .5775

Most Stolen Base Attempts Against (Season)
198    1983    Terry Kennedy (SD) SB=135, CS=63

Most Stolen Bases Against (Season)
155    1996    Mike Piazza (LAN)

Most Caught Stealing (Season)
89    1986    Jody Davis (CHN)

Catcher Who Had the Most Steals of Home Against Him (Season)
4    1974    Glenn Borgmann MIN
4    1975    Glenn Borgmann MIN

Catcher Who Caught the Most Stealing Home (Season)
8    1984    Tony Pena PIT

The Top 5 Catcher-Runner Career Match-ups (SB-CS-PK events):

70 62 62 60 57

Jim Sundberg - Ricky Henderson Tony Pena - Tim Raines Bill Freehan - Bert Campaneris Ernie Whitt - Rickey Henderson Gary Carter - Vince Coleman

The following is a year-by-year list of the total MLB steals of home (SBH), caught stealing (CSH) and Total Attempted (SBAH).

The Top Team Victims (Stole Home On) List:
[Note that CTeam refers to Catcher's Team and RTeam refers to Runner's Team.]

Year 1966 1962 1974 1957 1970 1973 1992 1996 1975 1985 1968

CTeam KCA HOU CLE WAS PHI CAL TOR OAK MIN TEX BAL

SBH 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

CSH 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2

SBAH 9 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6

The Top Team Victors (Stealing Home) List:

Year 1969 1996 1963 1980 1974 1962 1974 1995 1976 1989

RTeam MIN KCA SLN OAK CAL LAN MIL KCA KCA MIL

SBH 10 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

CSH 12 4 2 14 2 4 4 5 7 7

SBAH 22 13 9 21 8 10 10 11 13 13

The Top 5 BAD THIEVES Teams (Caught Stealing Home) List:

Year 1980 1969 1980 1987 1975

Team OAK MIN TOR SFN TEX

SBH 7 10 1 2 0

CSH 14 12 11 10 10

SBAH 21 22 12 12 10