It was just a few days ago. I watched a game between the Rays and the Blue Jays. A Rays’ player was tagged out at home, a great play. Then, I was wondering how many outs at home plate every year. Which team is unfortunately to have most outs at home?
I checked on the baseball reference website and found something.
In the last five seasons, there were 3 seasons that we could see more than 500 outs at home (baserunning play). In the 2016 season, there were 496 outs at home. However, only 457 outs at home last season. It showed a huge decrease as compared to 2015.
In the 2015 season, the Detroit Tigers unfortunately had 25 outs at home. The 2015 World Series Winner Royals and the Oakland A’s each had 24 outs at home.
Jose Altuve’s speed is definitely one of his weapons. However, maybe he was too aggressive on running home? He had 8 outs at home in the 2015 season. Kole Calhoun and Starling Marte each had 6 outs at the plate.
Milwaukee Brewers had 27 outs at the home plate in the 2016 season. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series Championships in 2016, the first time in 108 years. In that season the Cubs and the Rangers each had 23 outs at home.
Hanley Ramirez hit 271 home runs in his career and he actually had 281 stolen bases. Jonathan Villar had 211 stolen bases in his career. Ramirez and Villar each had 6 outs at the plate in 2016.
Boston Red Sox had nearly 30 outs at home in the 2017 season. The second was the Phillies and the team had 26 outs at home.
Again, we see Jose Altuve is in the top of the list. Altuve and his teammate Carlos Correa both had 5 outs at the plate. If we pay more attention to the list of the 2016 season, we can find a name appearing on the list again. Odubel Herrera had 5 outs at home in two consecutive seasons.
The Minnesota Twins had 25 outs at home. Meanwhile, three teams had 23 outs at home in the 2018 season, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays.
9 players had 5 outs at home in the 2017 season. This time, there were 7 players that had 5 outs at home in the 2018 season. The 2018 season is definitely a memorable one in Freddie Freeman’s career. He stole bases successfully 10 times in that season, that’s his career high so far. However, he also had 5 outs at home.
The Pirates had exactly 23 outs at home as they did in the 2018 season. Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays were in the top 5 on the list again last season.
Rafael Devers’ speed is average. His sprint speed was 27.1 ft/sec last season. Tommy Pham’s sprint speed was 28.7 ft/sec, top 100 of the majors. They both had 6 outs at home last season.
Base running is one of the important parts of baseball and is one of the most entertaining things to watch. Watching a player running towards home plate creates lots of excitement. To run or not to run, there are so many things to consider, a runner’s speed, arm strength of opponent’s fielders, game situation and so on. There is really a lot to think, but things could really happen quickly. A third-base coach has to make a decision as soon as possible and advise baserunners on whether to stop or to continue running home.
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