1985 Stolen Base Run Values

Tom Meagher points out that I didn't list the team totals for stolen bases for 1985 like a I did for the general base running.

Here it is...so the Cardinals were 28 runs above the average team

          SB Att Run Value
SLN          410      31.1
CHN          231      19.7
NYA          208      12.4
KCA          176       9.0
PHI          173       7.8
SEA          129       7.1
CIN          229       7.1
MON          246       6.8
LAN          194       5.2
NYN          170       3.4
OAK          175       3.2
BOS           93       2.6
CAL          157       1.6
PIT          170       1.5
CHA          164       1.4
CLE          204       1.4
MIL          103      -0.2
MIN          112      -1.1
TEX          206      -1.9
TOR          221      -1.9
DET          116      -2.0
BAL          112      -3.1
HOU          152      -3.2
SFN          154      -4.0
SDN           99      -5.7
ATL          124      -6.1

Average    174.2       3.5

Also, although the Cardinals were -0.1 in base running advancement for 1985, they were still fourth in the league and so relative to their competition they actually did quite well.

Of course, ideally the Run Expectancy matrix I would use to calculate these stolen base and base running numbers would be customized for each team much like Tom Tango did on his site where he shows the custom linear weights for the basic events. This is the case since the value of a stolen base actually increases when a team includes predominately singles hitters since home run hitters essentially wipe out the incremental value of the advancement on the stolen base.