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Stolen Base Percentage

SB%=SBSB+CSSB%=SBSB+CS
(SB)number of stolen bases(SB)number of stolen bases
(CS)number of caught stealing(CS)number of caught stealing

The Stolen Base Percentage calculator computes the stolen base percentage based on the bases stolen and number of times caught stealing.

INSTRUCTIONS: Enter the following:

  • (SB) This is the number of stolen bases 
  • (CS) This is the number of time the runner was caught stealing

Stolen Base Percentage (SBP): The calculator returns the successful percentage.

The Math / Science

The Stolen Base Percentage in Baseball  measures the rate of success in stealing bases. Because stolen bases tend to help a team less than times caught stealing hurt, a player needs to have a high stolen base percentage in order to contribute much value to his team. A commonly used figure is that a player needs to succeed about 2/3 of the time to break even. The stolen base percentage is the percentage of bases stolen successfully divided by the stolen bases attempted.  The formula for stolen base percentage is:

    SBP = (SB)/(SB - CS)

where:

  • SBP = Stolen Base Percentage
  • SB = number of stolen base (number of bases advanced by the runner while the ball is in possession of the defense
  • CS = number of caught stealing (times tagged out while attempting to steal a base)


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References

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_base_percentage and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_statistics)