Clogging

I missed this post on clogging the bases and the follow-on discussion on The Book blog which is very interesting. For what it's worth here are the advancement totals for balls hit into the outfield for the year 2000 (yes I have more recent data but was too lazy to dig it out).

Total      To2nd         To3rd        Scores   Thrown Out
Runner on First, Batter Singles, No Runner on Second
 5896    4012 (68%)    1759 (30%)     52 (1%)    45 (1%)

Runner on Second, Batter Singles, No Runner on Third
 3585                   927 (26%)   2523 (70%)  128 (4%)

Runner on First, Batter Doubles, No Runner on Second
 1537                   902 (59%)    574 (37%)   61 (4%)

Now these numbers don't necessarily bare directly on the topic of the post since it was about clogging the bases and in these cases we're looking only at opportunities where there was not a lead runner in play. When I get a chance I'll take a look at the difference between when a runner is on in front in these situations.