How Bill James's Stolen Bases Compares to Similar Players

Bill James totaled 2 career Stolen Bases, well below the league average of 37.3 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Stolen Bases arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Stolen Bases arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Stolen Bases profile — ranging from 0 to 2 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bill James Lifetime Stolen Bases and Similar Stats

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Bill James Stolen Bases Per Season

Bill James's Stolen Bases for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill James Stolen Bases per season line chart

Bill James Stolen Bases by Team

Bill James's career Stolen Bases totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James career Stolen Bases by team bar chart

Bill James Cumulative Stolen Bases — Career Progression

A running total of Bill James's career Stolen Bases, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Bill James Stolen Bases year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill James Stolen Bases Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill James's seasonal Stolen Bases alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bill James Stolen Bases distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill James Stolen Bases — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill James's MLB career with Stolen Bases alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Bill James Stolen Bases season-by-season breakdown table