Perfect Basestealing % by RBI'ers

[Metal King]

By seasons:  sb/cs:

Paul Molitor:
'84 - 1-0
'94 - 20-0
'95 - 12-0

Tim Raines:
'79 - 2-0
'80 - 5-0
'94 - 13-0
'01 - 1-0

Davey Lopes:
'72 - 4-0
'84 - 15-0

RBI'ers with 500+ career steals and low caught stealing:

Davey Lopes 557-114
Paul Molitor 504-131
Tim Raines 808-146 (best % ever)
Ozzie Smith 580-148
Vince Coleman 752-177

[ultimate7]

Are there any RBIers with 500+ steals and a high caught stealing? 

[Metal King]

Well not with 500+ steals there aren't.  I didn't look up Gary Pettis yet I know he stole over 350, but was caught over 100 times.

Jose Canseco stole exactly 200 bases and was caught 88 times.

[Nacho]

Just looked up percentages for career leaders in SBs.

Henderson (1406/335) - 81%
Brock (938/307) - 75%
Raines (808/146) - 85%
Coleman (752/177) - 81%
Morgan (689/162) - 81%

Henderson, Coleman, and Morgan were all just a shade under 81%--strikingly similar numbers.

Of the top 15, Brett Butler (558/257) has the worst SB% at about 68%, well below Maury Wills' 74% (next worst of the top 15).

[BeefMaster]

Around the time the Hall of Fame votes were announced, someone linked to an article by a guy who argued against Raines for the Hall because his stolen base success rate was too high, which meant that he just didn't run enough.

[Stock]

That's like saying Ty Cobb didn't swing at enough pitches.

[Metal King]

Cool list Nacho, thanks.

Ty Cobb's career looks like it's on steroids, the numbers I mean.  TWENTY-THREE consecutive seasons batting over .300, it's actually .323 or better.

Tony Gwynn had about 19 or 20 straight at .300+
Vlad Guerrero had a nice string of 11 or 12 straight over .300, but he fucked that up hitting .295 one year.  Is he even active anymore? He never played at all in 2012.  449 Homers not bad.

[nomaaa]

i always felt like comparing players today to guys from back in the day is like asking jordan why he couldn't score 100 in a game like wilt chamberlain

[Metal King]

Jordan didn't sleep with 2% of the women that Chamberlain did......

[nomaaa]

again, different time, less competition imo