base stealer

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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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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). — 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? — 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. — 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 Kruger has, however, thrown out about 25% of base stealers in his career, which is just below the major league average. — Los Angeles Times, "Angels quiet at trade deadline except to acquire catcher Max Stassi," 31 July 2019 In four starts during his first major league call-up, Stubbs is 4-for-17, has caught one would-be base stealer and allowed four wild pitches. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Astros mailbag: When will Jose Altuve return to action?," 13 June 2019 Amaya has been successful in nailing base stealers in 33.7 percent of his attempts. — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "Adbert Alzolay and Miguel Amaya will represent the Cubs at the Futures Game," 28 June 2019 Entering last night’s game, Realmuto had thrown out a league-leading 17 attempted base stealers. — Scott Lauber, https://www.inquirer.com, "What should the Phillies do with Maikel Franco? | Extra Innings," 5 June 2019 Two other owners were targeting speed as well and the top base stealers were greatly inflated. — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, "AL LABR owners' strategies, rosters and analysis," 16 Mar. 2018

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