SPRING 2022, VOLUME 3
Stolen Bases are Disappearing as Baseball Become More Analytical
AUTHORS
Nathaniel Yellin, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Trevor Chen, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Tobias Coker, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Zeyad Shariff, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
ABSTRACT
Our goal of posing this question? – in order to understand the decline of steals in the MLB. We also wanted to see the risk of stealing bases using data from the 2019 season.
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