Bain: Taking the extra base: The teams
From SABR member Derek Bain at Seamheads.com on May 4, 2016:
The following entry complements my preceding article, “Taking the Extra Base: The Players”. I will review my findings with respect to team baserunning outcomes.
Inspired by the Texas Rangers chapter in the “Bill James Baseball Abstract 1984” entitled “Running The Bases” (pages 156-159), the following study uncovers the top base running teams in the past 85 seasons (1930-2015) with respect to taking the extra base on a clean single.* Here is a link to the data in OpenDocument Spreadsheet format, sorted by year, team and Pct1st3rd. You can scroll to the right (columns AG-AS) to view the associated charts.
Read the full article here: http://seamheads.com/2016/05/04/taking-the-extra-base-the-teams-2/
Originally published: May 5, 2016. Last Updated: May 5, 2016.