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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- Fielding Independent Pitching
- Total Average
- Batting Average Against
- Range Factor
- Fielding Percentage
- Pythagorean Expectation
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- Major League Baseball Base Separation
- College Baseball Base Separation
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- Bronco League Base Separation
- Mustang League Base Separation
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- Shetland League Separation
- Little League Base Separation
References
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_base_percentage and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_statistics)