I just took a look at the Yankees’s single season CS vs. the league average figures, since 1940.

The best figure from 2005-present was 2005. But, unlike the SB figures, that team was all the way down at a tie for 25th on the list, with +9 (and, yes, that does mean 9 CS less than the league average, not 9 more than it).

The 2006 team was just +1, putting them in a tie for 45th. 2007 was -5 and 2008 was -4, ranking T56 and T53, respectively.

I was just looking at the Yankees’s team single season SB vs. the league average figures since 1940.

The 2006 Yankees were +50. That’s the 2nd best Yankees figure during that time.

The only figure better was 1985, when the Yankees were +52. Well, Rickey Henderson was +70, so everyone else was -18. So, actually, Rickey Henderson was the best stealing Yankees team.

And, for the record, the 2007 team was 10th, at +26, and the 2008 team was tied for 12th, at +24.

Can’t say I “noticed” it happening, but I always knew that Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter are two of the best baserunners in all of baseball… they really pick their spots when it comes to stealing bases and they always make great decisions when the ball is in play.

Also, shouldn’t Jorge be at the top of the list? Since he shares the highest % but has the most SBs?

HA! Cairo was good for something!

Love seeing Tino top that list

The Yankees really have gone under the radar with SBs over this span, but I think it’s because we’ve never really had a legitimate burner, only baserunners who are above-average in speed, but know how to run the bases well, like Rodriquez, Abreu, and Jeter.

,…or trailing runner on a double steal

It amazes me that Matsui and Posada had any SB. Must have all been caught sleeping steals