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Originally Posted by Spritze
A few of the minor leagues in the olde days kept track of steals and caught stealing. Out of curiosity I added them all up about a year ago and the SB% was around 55% for the leagues. The league leader in steals in at least one case that I remember had like 50 steals and 60 CS's. Even though this was the minors I bet the overall pct holds pretty true for the majors as well. I think it was just a different game back then. Some of these leagues also kept track of SB and CS per catcher and one even tracked SB given up by the pitcher. Pretty early Saber-dudes?
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Well, that certainly is surprising. I still don't like seeing the CS board dominated by pre-1900 guys, but I guess there isn't much I can do there.
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