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Stealing bases isn't what it used to be
Sporting News, The, Jan 28, 2005 by Ken Rosenthal
Mets catcher Mike Piazza is widely viewed as a detriment behind the plate because of his inability to throw out runners. But that doesn't seem as important anymore. Teams are placing less emphasis on stealing bases, in part because of the sabermetric aversion to giving away outs. Consider the declining number of stolen base attempts in the N.L. over the past six seasons.
1999 2,789 2000 2,363 2001 2,191 2002 2,217 2003 1,879 2004 1,863
Except for a slight uptick in 2002, the pattern is clear. From 1999 to '04, the drop-off was about 33 percent.
There's a similar trend in the A.L.-the '01 total was 2,320, and the past three seasons have been in the low 1,800s.
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