Definition of base stealer
: a baseball player who steals bases
Renteria is twenty-eight years old, a good fielder and base stealer …— Allen Barra
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Recent Examples on the Web He has been known for his defense, throwing out 33 percent of base stealers in his career.
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James Weber, Cincinnati.com, "A look at Northern Kentucky players in Major League Baseball," 9 Apr. 2020 Contreras threw out 29% of potential base stealers, and Jon Lester’s ERA 4.46 ERA was nearly a half-run lower when Contreras caught him.
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Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "Can Willson Contreras stay healthy? 5 questions about the Cubs catchers heading into 2020," 4 Oct. 2019 Severino also caught nine of 17 would-be base stealers through June 4, and his OPS was up to .937 with a three-homer game that day in Texas.
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Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, "Orioles’ fluid catching situation yields little in way of answers in 2019," 14 Oct. 2019 Amaya threw out 46 of 132 would-be base stealers (34.8%) for Class A Myrtle Beach this past season and has nailed 37% in four minor-league seasons.
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Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "Catcher Miguel Amaya, one of the Cubs’ top prospects, is among 4 players added to the 40-man roster," 19 Nov. 2019 But Brantley nabbed second against Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki, who threw out just 5 of 50 base stealers during the regular season.
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David Waldstein, New York Times, "Astros Hold Off Nationals to Win Game 3 of the World Series," 25 Oct. 2019 In acquiring Maldonado, 32, the Cubs have a 2017 American League Gold Glove catcher who has thrown out 122 of 327 attempted base stealers for a 37.3 percent success rate — best among catchers starting in 2011 (minimum 600 games played).
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Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "Cubs trade Mike Montgomery for Royals catcher Martin Maldonado as Willson Contreras goes on the injured list," 16 July 2019 Source: baseball-reference Doug Brown of Thousand Oaks asks: Ross, What made Maury Wills such a great base stealer?
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Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, "Dodgers Dugout: Who goes down when Freese, Seager and Pollock return?," 5 July 2019 Last season with the Dogs, Falsetti threw out 36% of would-be base stealers, which was 13 percentage points better than the league average.
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Ryan Nilsson, chicagotribune.com, "Chicago-area baseball players along for the ride as Atlantic League tests new rules: ‘The whole point is to get it right.’," 3 Aug. 2019
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The first known use of base stealer was in 1875
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