The speedy Nixon collected more than 600 stolen bases in 17 seasons from 1983-99.
One statistic that normally gets overlooked when it comes to Barry Larkin is stolen bases.
The only thing that went right for the Yankees offensively was their four stolen bases off catcher Yorvit Torrealba.
The Moneyball era in baseball values on-base percentage more than it used to, while devaluing stolen bases and batting average.
Ichiro went 4-for-4 in the nightcap with four stolen bases, and drove in the go-ahead run in the 8th inning.
Sabermetrics, the data-centric approach that prizes doubles and home runs over singles and stolen bases, hasn't done hitters any favors either.
It was his first start of the spring, and he went 1 for 4 with an RBI and a stolen bases.
There are no blitzes, slam dunks, stolen bases, mountain conquests, knockout punches.
When he returns, the Braves hope he flashes the talent that resulted in 27 homers, 82 RBIs and 21 stolen bases last year.
Larkin had stolen 20 or more bases in a season nine times and even reached 51 stolen bases during his MVP season of 1995.
Pujols has a well rounded game with a pair of Gold Glove awards to his name and 30 stolen bases over the past two years.
By the time he retired in 2004, he had amassed 2, 340 hits, 379 stolen bases, a career .295 batting average and three Gold Glove awards.
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Acquired from Miami during the offseason after one year with the Marlins, Reyes is hitting .395 and led the major leagues with five stolen bases.
The video was a highlight reel from Reyes' tenure in New York, a mix of home runs, triples, stolen bases and plays in the field.
In 20 seasons with the Houston Astros, Biggio put put up over 3, 000 hits, nearly 1, 200 RBIs, more than 400 stolen bases and 668 doubles, good for fifth-most all-time.
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Ichiro needs only 466 hits to reach the coveted 3, 000 total and seems destined to be a Hall of Famer as a lifetime .322 batter with 438 stolen bases and 1, 176 runs scored.
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Currently, Jeter and Mays are the only two men in baseball history to have accumulated at least 3, 000 hits, 250 home runs, 300 stolen bases and 1, 200 runs batted in during their careers.
However, in 12 traditional offensive statistics from the 1958 season, Mantle had easily surpassed his opponent from Boston in nine of them including Runs, Hits, Home Runs, Stolen Bases, Batting and On Base Percentage just to name a few.
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Matthew Bracken and Andrew Bellamah each had one stolen base, Jake Ransbottom, Griffin Wallace, and Connor Tomlison each had two stolen bases, Aaron McCoy, Ringland, and Timofai Losey each had three stolen bases, and Christian Schuetter had four stolen bases.
Besides accomplishing this historic feat, Larkin also led the Reds during the season in games played (152), plate appearances (627), runs (117), home runs (33), runs batted in (89), on base percentage (.410), slugging percentage (.567) and stolen bases (36).
It seems like a short time ago that Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, subject of the best-selling book Moneyball, first employed a new school of analysis that placed added value on statistics like on-base percentage while devaluing more traditional numbers like batting average and stolen bases.
Other All Stars deserving of their eight-figure pay packages: The Mets' David Wright, who's rebounded from a tough start to knock in 64 runs while batting .317 in leading the surprising Mets to within two games of the National League East-leading Braves, and Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford, who's gearing up for free agency with a .320 batting average and 29 stolen bases.
He had stolen more bases, since entering the league, than all but three players, and hit more home runs than anyone but McGwire, who outweighed him by forty pounds.
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