Using Tango's linear weights chart I decided to see which base thiefs with more than 10 steals had earned the most runs for their teams. Here's how the results came out:
PLAYER | TEAM | SB | CS | Runs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Willy Taveras | COL | 66 | 7 | 10.764 |
Jimmy Rollins | PHI | 41 | 2 | 7.349 |
Ichiro Suzuki | SEA | 40 | 4 | 6.592 |
Jacoby Ellsbury | BOS | 44 | 8 | 6.236 |
Grady Sizemore | CLE | 35 | 4 | 5.627 |
Jose Reyes | NYM | 47 | 13 | 5.405 |
Michael Bourn | HOU | 37 | 8 | 4.885 |
Juan Pierre | LAD | 38 | 9 | 4.796 |
Matt Holliday | COL | 25 | 1 | 4.543 |
Ian Kinsler | TEX | 26 | 2 | 4.454 |
Randy Winn | SFO | 25 | 2 | 4.261 |
Brian Roberts | BAL | 36 | 10 | 4.128 |
B.J. Upton | TAM | 42 | 15 | 3.876 |
Matt Kemp | LAD | 33 | 9 | 3.831 |
Johnny Damon | NYY | 28 | 6 | 3.712 |
Alex Rios | TOR | 30 | 8 | 3.534 |
Rajai Davis | OAK/SFO | 27 | 6 | 3.519 |
Shane Victorino | PHI | 31 | 10 | 3.163 |
Alfonso Soriano | CHC | 19 | 2 | 3.103 |
Carlos Beltran | NYM | 20 | 3 | 3.014 |
Nate McLouth | PIT | 20 | 3 | 3.014 |
Joey Gathright | KAN | 21 | 4 | 2.925 |
Chone Figgins | LAA | 31 | 11 | 2.881 |
Carl Crawford | TAM | 25 | 7 | 2.851 |
Corey Hart | MIL | 22 | 5 | 2.836 |
Carlos Gomez | MIN | 29 | 10 | 2.777 |
Hanley Ramirez | FLA | 31 | 12 | 2.599 |
Kazuo Matsui | HOU | 19 | 4 | 2.539 |
Alex Rodriguez | NYY | 17 | 3 | 2.435 |
Orlando Cabrera | CHW | 18 | 4 | 2.346 |
Cesar Izturis | STL | 19 | 5 | 2.257 |
Lastings Milledge | WAS | 20 | 6 | 2.168 |
Fred Lewis | SFO | 21 | 7 | 2.079 |
Rickie Weeks | MIL | 18 | 5 | 2.064 |
Jason Bartlett | TAM | 18 | 5 | 2.064 |
Coco Crisp | BOS | 20 | 7 | 1.886 |
Torii Hunter | LAA | 17 | 5 | 1.871 |
Brandon Phillips | CIN | 23 | 10 | 1.619 |
Bobby Abreu | NYY | 18 | 10 | 0.654 |
Ryan Theriot | CHC | 21 | 13 | 0.387 |
The most surprising name for me was Matt Holliday. I can safely say I wasn't aware of his stolen bases this season. Lance Berkman also jumps off the page. Oh and Carlos Beltran, so good, so so good.