Stolen Base Percentage (SB%)

$$ SB\%=\frac{STOLEN\ BASES}{(STOLEN\ BASES + CAUGHT\ STEALING)} $$

The number of steals for a player divided by total number of attempts.

As a general rule of thumb, a baserunner with an SB% of 75 or higher is typically productive and helping his team by attempting to steal.

Factoids

• Chase Utley leads all active players in the Major League with a career 87.7 SB%.

• In 2017, the average SB% in the Majors was 73.2.