Stolen Base Success Rates Against Starting Pitchers

Updated: 2019-05-20 11:10:30 AM EST | Maintained by

All active starting pitchers with stats from 2014 through 2017 season to date.

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# Name Team L/R IP (2015-2018) SB (2015-2018) CS (2015-2018) SB Suc% (2015-2018) SB / Est SB Opp IP by SB (2015-2018) IP by SB Att (2015-2018)
Tyler Glasnow TB R 196 45 14 76 0.171 4.4 3.3
Noah Syndergaard NYM R 518 97 15 87 0.201 5.3 4.6
Ryan Borucki TOR L 97 16 3 84 0.150 6.1 5.1
Trevor Cahill LAA R 303 48 12 80 0.134 6.3 5.0
Steven Matz NYM L 388 60 8 88 0.142 6.5 5.7
Cody Reed CIN L 108 15 0 100 0.099 7.2 7.2
Jon Lester CHC L 769 105 45 70 0.138 7.3 5.1
Jimmy Nelson MIL R 532 72 17 81 0.115 7.4 6.0
Tyson Ross DET R 400 53 18 75 0.110 7.5 5.6
Andrew Triggs OAK R 162 21 5 81 0.116 7.7 6.2
Jered Weaver SD R 379 47 18 72 0.108 8.1 5.8
Erick Fedde WSH R 65 8 3 73 0.088 8.2 5.9
Nate Karns BAL R 286 35 8 81 0.108 8.2 6.7
Anibal Sanchez WSH R 552 66 23 74 0.108 8.4 6.2
Yu Darvish CHC R 326 39 3 93 0.118 8.4 7.8
Colin Rea CHC R 134 16 3 84 0.099 8.4 7.1
Lucas Giolito CHW R 240 28 8 78 0.093 8.6 6.7
Carlos Rodon CHW L 494 55 12 82 0.093 9.0 7.4
Dylan Covey CHW R 191 21 3 88 0.085 9.1 8.0
Jake Arrieta PHI R 767 84 19 82 0.117 9.1 7.4
J.C. Ramirez LAA R 250 27 10 73 0.096 9.2 6.7
Matt Cain SF R 274 29 10 74 0.080 9.5 7.0
Gerrit Cole HOU R 727 74 19 80 0.103 9.8 7.8
Cole Hamels CHC L 751 74 19 80 0.091 10.2 8.1
Drew Hutchison NYY R 216 21 10 68 0.074 10.3 7.0
Tyler Skaggs LAA L 260 25 5 83 0.082 10.4 8.7
Edinson Volquez TEX R 482 46 15 75 0.079 10.5 7.9
Drew Smyly TEX L 242 23 8 74 0.093 10.5 7.8
Bryan Mitchell SD R 160 15 3 83 0.065 10.7 8.9
Ryne Stanek TB R 86 8 4 67 0.086 10.8 7.2
Yefry Ramirez BAL R 65 6 5 55 0.068 10.8 5.9
Homer Bailey KC R 231 21 6 78 0.064 11.0 8.6
Julio Teheran ATL R 752 68 21 76 0.086 11.1 8.4
Daniel Norris DET L 275 24 10 71 0.072 11.4 8.1
Aaron Nola PHI R 569 48 11 81 0.089 11.8 9.6
Chad Green NYY R 190 16 9 64 0.099 11.9 7.6
Jameson Taillon PIT R 428 35 5 88 0.079 12.2 10.7
Shelby Miller TEX R 344 28 11 72 0.069 12.3 8.8
Jefry Rodriguez CLE R 52 4 2 67 0.055 13.0 8.7
Hector Santiago NYM L 535 41 20 67 0.064 13.0 8.8
Taijuan Walker ARI R 461 35 6 85 0.071 13.2 11.2
Jordan Lyles PIT R 264 20 4 83 0.059 13.2 11.0
Ryan Vogelsong SF R 217 16 2 89 0.059 13.6 12.1
Jason Vargas NYM L 326 24 10 71 0.066 13.6 9.6
Tommy Milone SEA L 272 20 7 74 0.064 13.6 10.1
Jon Gray COL R 491 36 10 78 0.065 13.6 10.7
Aaron Sanchez TOR R 425 31 14 69 0.063 13.7 9.5
Fernando Romero MIN R 55 4 2 67 0.056 13.8 9.2
Mike Fiers OAK R 674 48 18 73 0.065 14.0 10.2
Dylan Bundy BAL R 450 32 15 68 0.064 14.1 9.6
Domingo German NYY R 99 7 0 100 0.060 14.2 14.2
Zach Eflin PHI R 255 18 6 75 0.064 14.2 10.6
Kyle Hendricks CHC R 708 49 16 75 0.074 14.5 10.9
Felix Hernandez SEA R 596 41 11 79 0.061 14.5 11.5
Pablo Lopez MIA R 58 4 1 80 0.062 14.6 11.6
Anthony DeSclafani CIN R 423 29 14 67 0.064 14.6 9.8
Chris Bassitt OAK R 161 11 6 65 0.058 14.7 9.5
Eric Skoglund KC L 88 6 3 67 0.055 14.7 9.8
Matt Shoemaker TOR R 404 27 12 69 0.064 14.9 10.3
Jerad Eickhoff PHI R 376 25 11 69 0.063 15.1 10.5
Luis Perdomo SD R 354 23 4 85 0.048 15.4 13.1
Brad Peacock HOU R 234 15 3 83 0.063 15.6 13.0
Mike Clevinger CLE R 374 24 13 65 0.061 15.6 10.1
Rich Hill LAD L 407 26 11 70 0.069 15.6 11.0
Steven Brault PIT L 159 10 6 62 0.044 15.9 9.9
Andrew Cashner BAL R 636 40 27 60 0.051 15.9 9.5
Corey Oswalt NYM R 64 4 3 57 0.053 16.0 9.2
Joey Lucchesi SD L 130 8 6 57 0.057 16.2 9.3
Robbie Ray ARI L 587 36 17 68 0.053 16.3 11.1
Michael Pineda MIN R 432 26 20 57 0.057 16.6 9.4
Jeff Samardzija SF R 669 40 20 67 0.059 16.7 11.1
Zack Wheeler NYM R 268 16 3 84 0.055 16.8 14.1
Felix Pena LAA R 135 8 1 89 0.053 16.9 15.0
Edwin Jackson TOR R 308 18 10 64 0.051 17.1 11.0
Tyler Anderson COL L 376 22 6 79 0.055 17.1 13.4
Rick Porcello BOS R 789 46 13 78 0.057 17.2 13.4
David Hess BAL R 103 6 3 67 0.048 17.2 11.5
Ivan Nova CHW R 604 35 10 78 0.054 17.3 13.4
Blake Snell TB L 398 23 9 72 0.056 17.3 12.4
Dan Straily BAL R 511 29 19 60 0.052 17.6 10.7
Mike Minor TEX L 234 13 3 81 0.060 18.0 14.6
Jacob deGrom NYM R 757 42 21 67 0.064 18.0 12.0
Brett Anderson OAK L 327 18 13 58 0.048 18.2 10.5
Chase Anderson MIL R 604 33 23 59 0.052 18.3 10.8
Justin Nicolino MIN L 201 11 3 79 0.045 18.3 14.4
Ryan Yarbrough TB L 147 8 2 80 0.049 18.4 14.7
Matthew Boyd DET L 460 25 16 61 0.048 18.4 11.2
Marco Estrada OAK R 686 37 14 73 0.052 18.5 13.5
Reynaldo Lopez CHW R 279 15 5 75 0.047 18.6 14.0
Sean Newcomb ATL L 264 14 3 82 0.043 18.9 15.5
Matt Harvey LAA R 529 28 10 74 0.049 18.9 13.9
Michael Wacha STL R 569 30 8 79 0.048 19.0 15.0
Marcus Stroman TOR R 534 28 11 72 0.048 19.1 13.7
Gio Gonzalez MIL L 725 38 22 63 0.046 19.1 12.1
Carlos Carrasco CLE R 722 37 25 60 0.056 19.5 11.6
Alex Cobb BAL R 353 18 11 62 0.046 19.6 12.2
Ross Stripling LAD R 296 15 8 65 0.052 19.7 12.9
Tom Koehler LAD R 436 22 15 59 0.041 19.8 11.8
Brad Keller KC R 140 7 4 64 0.046 20.0 12.7
Kendall Graveman CHC R 441 22 11 67 0.043 20.0 13.4
Jake Odorizzi MIN R 664 33 15 69 0.048 20.1 13.8
Jordan Zimmermann DET R 598 29 19 60 0.044 20.6 12.5
Charlie Morton TB R 460 22 5 81 0.043 20.9 17.0
German Marquez COL R 379 18 6 75 0.043 21.0 15.8
Kyle Freeland COL L 358 17 4 81 0.041 21.1 17.1
Jorge Lopez KC R 63 3 2 60 0.036 21.1 12.6
Sal Romano CIN R 232 11 4 73 0.039 21.1 15.5
Chris Archer PIT R 762 36 19 65 0.046 21.2 13.9
Nick Pivetta PHI R 297 14 12 54 0.040 21.2 11.4
Sonny Gray CIN R 617 29 7 81 0.044 21.3 17.1
Tanner Roark CIN R 682 32 23 58 0.044 21.3 12.4
Brian Johnson BOS L 130 6 1 86 0.039 21.7 18.6
Hector Velazquez BOS R 109 5 5 50 0.039 21.8 10.9
Drew Pomeranz SF L 504 23 17 57 0.041 21.9 12.6
Corey Kluber CLE R 855 39 26 60 0.055 21.9 13.2
Jose Berrios MIN R 396 18 7 72 0.040 22.0 15.8
Eric Lauer SD L 112 5 2 71 0.034 22.4 16.0
Cam Bedrosian LAA R 182 8 8 50 0.038 22.7 11.4
Trevor Bauer CLE R 717 31 24 56 0.040 23.1 13.0
Jose Quintana CHC L 777 33 21 61 0.041 23.5 14.4
Jeremy Hellickson WSH R 590 25 8 76 0.041 23.6 17.9
Derek Holland SF L 472 20 9 69 0.035 23.6 16.3
Madison Bumgarner SF L 685 29 12 71 0.047 23.6 16.7
J.A. Happ NYY L 689 29 13 69 0.042 23.8 16.4
Kenta Maeda LAD R 435 18 7 72 0.041 24.2 17.4
Stephen Strasburg WSH R 580 24 14 63 0.045 24.2 15.3
Clayton Richard TOR L 465 19 13 59 0.033 24.5 14.5
Luis Cessa NYY R 150 6 3 67 0.037 25.1 16.7
Jacob Faria TB R 151 6 5 55 0.035 25.2 13.7
Trevor Richards MIA R 126 5 4 56 0.033 25.2 14.0
Kevin Gausman ATL R 661 26 10 72 0.035 25.4 18.4
Freddy Peralta MIL R 78 3 1 75 0.037 26.0 19.5
Collin McHugh HOU R 524 20 10 67 0.036 26.2 17.5
Luis Severino NYY R 518 19 10 66 0.038 27.2 17.8
Sean Manaea OAK L 463 17 13 57 0.036 27.2 15.4
Heath Fillmyer KC R 82 3 1 75 0.032 27.4 20.5
Mike Leake SEA R 740 27 15 64 0.035 27.4 17.6
Kyle Gibson MIN R 696 25 12 68 0.030 27.8 18.8
Antonio Senzatela COL R 224 8 1 89 0.032 28.0 24.9
Shane Bieber CLE R 114 4 2 67 0.033 28.6 19.0
Carlos Martinez STL R 698 24 12 67 0.031 29.1 19.4
Jhoulys Chacin MIL R 543 18 11 62 0.030 30.2 18.7
Max Scherzer WSH R 877 29 10 74 0.042 30.3 22.5
James Paxton NYY L 484 16 7 70 0.034 30.3 21.0
Zach Davies MIL R 454 15 17 47 0.030 30.3 14.2
Nick Tropeano LAA R 182 6 7 46 0.029 30.3 14.0
Mike Foltynewicz ATL R 547 18 10 64 0.029 30.4 19.5
Jakob Junis KC R 275 9 8 53 0.030 30.6 16.2
CC Sabathia NYY L 648 21 11 66 0.029 30.9 20.3
Chris Sale BOS L 808 26 11 70 0.037 31.1 21.8
Garrett Richards SD R 345 11 8 58 0.031 31.4 18.2
Ricky Nolasco ARI R 416 13 14 48 0.028 32.0 15.4
Patrick Corbin WSH L 630 19 11 63 0.028 33.2 21.0
Trevor Williams PIT R 333 10 10 50 0.028 33.3 16.6
Matt Moore DET L 537 16 10 62 0.024 33.6 20.7
Lance Lynn TEX R 518 15 15 50 0.025 34.5 17.3
Marco Gonzales SEA L 209 6 6 50 0.026 34.8 17.4
Masahiro Tanaka NYY R 688 19 10 66 0.030 36.2 23.7
Walker Buehler LAD R 146 4 3 57 0.031 36.6 20.9
Vince Velasquez PHI R 405 11 16 41 0.024 36.8 15.0
Alex Wood CIN L 553 15 10 60 0.026 36.9 22.1
Jonathon Niese TEX L 298 8 7 53 0.022 37.2 19.8
Ty Blach SF L 298 8 5 62 0.024 37.3 23.0
Justin Verlander HOU R 781 20 15 57 0.029 39.0 22.3
Matt Strahm SD L 117 3 4 43 0.024 39.1 16.8
Dereck Rodriguez SF R 118 3 0 100 0.026 39.4 39.4
Andrew Suarez SF L 160 4 3 57 0.023 40.0 22.9
Christian Bergman CHC R 161 4 3 57 0.021 40.2 23.0
Zack Godley ARI R 444 11 5 69 0.021 40.4 27.8
Martin Perez MIN L 548 13 10 57 0.019 42.1 23.8
Chad Bettis COL R 467 11 9 55 0.020 42.5 23.4
Williams Perez STL R 170 4 0 100 0.018 42.6 42.6
Chris Stratton PIT R 213 5 6 45 0.019 42.6 19.4
Jack Flaherty STL R 172 4 1 80 0.022 43.0 34.4
Wei-Yin Chen MIA L 481 11 3 79 0.022 43.7 34.3
Adam Wainwright STL R 350 8 5 62 0.020 43.7 26.9
Jose Urena MIA R 489 11 10 52 0.020 44.4 23.3
Daniel Mengden OAK R 230 5 7 42 0.021 46.0 19.2
Zack Greinke ARI R 791 17 24 41 0.025 46.5 19.3
Danny Duffy KC L 618 13 8 62 0.019 47.5 29.4
Caleb Smith MIA L 95 2 4 33 0.018 47.6 15.9
Michael Fulmer DET R 455 9 7 56 0.020 50.6 28.5
Shohei Ohtani LAA R 51 1 1 50 0.019 51.2 25.6
Clayton Kershaw LAD L 718 14 14 50 0.027 51.3 25.6
Luis Castillo CIN R 258 5 1 83 0.020 51.7 43.1
Johnny Cueto SF R 632 12 11 52 0.019 52.6 27.5
Danny Salazar CLE R 425 8 14 36 0.018 53.2 19.3
Ariel Jurado TEX R 54 1 0 100 0.015 54.2 54.2
Wade Miley HOU L 597 11 13 46 0.015 54.3 24.9
Nathan Eovaldi BOS R 390 7 6 54 0.017 55.7 30.0
Frankie Montas OAK R 112 2 2 50 0.013 56.0 28.0
Wade LeBlanc SEA L 292 5 6 45 0.018 58.4 26.5
Andrew Heaney LAA L 313 5 2 71 0.015 62.6 44.7
Jaime Barria LAA R 129 2 5 29 0.014 64.6 18.4
Tyler Mahle CIN R 132 2 1 67 0.011 66.0 44.0
Brent Suter MIL L 204 3 2 60 0.014 68.0 40.8
Eduardo Rodriguez BOS L 495 7 9 44 0.013 70.7 30.9
Joe Musgrove PIT R 286 4 3 57 0.013 71.6 40.9
Clay Buchholz TOR R 358 5 8 38 0.013 71.6 27.5
Austin Gomber STL L 75 1 2 33 0.010 75.0 25.0
Nick Kingham PIT R 76 1 2 33 0.011 76.0 25.3
Adam Plutko CLE R 80 1 3 25 0.011 79.9 20.0
David Price BOS L 700 8 9 47 0.012 87.6 41.2
Yonny Chirinos TB R 89 1 0 100 0.011 89.2 89.2
Christian Friedrich SD L 188 2 1 67 0.009 93.8 62.5
Miles Mikolas STL R 200 2 1 67 0.011 100.1 66.7
Matt Koch ARI R 104 1 1 50 0.009 104.2 52.1
Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD L 213 2 1 67 0.009 106.5 71.0
Cody Anderson CLE R 152 1 3 25 0.006 152.0 38.0
Luke Weaver ARI R 232 1 3 25 0.004 232.5 58.1
Elieser Hernandez MIA R 65 0 4 0 0.000 40.0 16.3

Totals by Left-Handed vs. Right-Handed Starting Pitchers (SPs from 2014-2017)

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# L/R IP SB CS SB Suc% SB / Est SB Opp IP by SB IP by SB Att
R 55,596 3141 1370 69.6 0.053 17.7 12.3
L 23,954 1177 541 68.5 0.045 20.4 13.9

  1. Count de Monetball says:
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    Great tool rudy! When did you put this up and are you going to do a writeup about it sometime?

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    • Thanks. I just built it per our SAGNOF guy’s request (Mike). He’ll be referencing in future posts.

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  2. Alex says:
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    couldn’t help but notice that A.J. Burnett isn’t on the list. any chance this will get fixed before I have to decide whether to play Altuve or Dee Gordon tomorrow?

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  3. Alex says:
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    and no chris young!

    p.s. love, love, love the tool.

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  4. Greg says:
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    Not sure if you’re monitoring these comments these days, but it’s H2H playoffs and I want to stream a speedster for Sunday – any chance to add Odrisamer Despaigne, Trevor Bauer, and hector noesi added to the tool?

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  5. David says:
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    What’s usually the baseline for SB’s against a pitcher…anything over 60 percent is really good? Also, is this tool incorporated into the dfs tool when it mentions a player has .20 percent chance of a stolen base for instance? I assume it takes in rSB values, etc. in deciding the percent…

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    • @David: i think the league average is something like 70% for SB/SB attempts. But the other factor is that good pitchers will limit the attempts – e.g., a Buehrle or Cueto. I only factor in handedness for SB daily projection as it’s unknown who the catcher is going to be until close to gametime. I would need to do a rather large analysis to figure out exactly how much to credit/blame pitchers vs catchers for SB attempts and SB success rate. Given how small SBs factor into DFS, it hasn’t been an area that I’ve prioritized to date.

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  6. Simply Fred

    Fred Barker says:
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    Rudy, I love this tool. Questions though:
    Gose is facing Cueto today. He is ranked #236 above (tough to steal upon). Gose gets a .23 for SB in today’s hittertron.
    He faces Volquez on Wed. Volquez is rated #58 above (a much better bet to get a steal). Yet, Gose gets a .23 in Wed. hittertron.
    Why does he have the same likelihood of SB in hittertron, yet widely different in here? This not a factor in hittertron? (but, maybe should be?) (I may be missing something…)

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    • @Fred Barker: I am only using pitcher hand for SB projections. Have a big analysis in the queue to determine how much to credit/blame pitcher vs catchers for SBs.

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      • Simply Fred

        Fred Barker says:
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        @Rudy Gamble: Cool. Just when one can’t believe the models can get ANY better!

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  7. Simply Fred

    Fred Barker says:
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    Congrats on moving up the ladder the second half in ‘Perts!

    Hey, I worked this SB chart hard for the last MONTH and got very marginal positive impact. Just my two-bits:
    I would put my development effort in other areas.
    (seems like the base stealers are gonna get em; those who don’t won’t–even against pitchers who give em up)

    Finallly, some extra time to play with the kids!

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    • @Fred Barker: Thx. Agreed regarding stolen bases. I did incorporate pitcher into the Hittertron SB projections and it seemed to have minor impact overall. I do think it’s most helpful for the handful of pitchers who are awesome/awful at holding guys on. But streaming for SBs is not as enjoyable or lucrative as for HRs.

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