How to Use base stealer in a Sentence

base stealer

noun

• An argument can be made that Lopes is the best base stealer of all time.
  — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Maury Wills, legendary base stealer for the Dodgers, has died at age 89.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2022
• Astros catchers have thrown out just four of the 20 base stealers against them this season.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 15 May 2018
• Alfaro has thrown out eight of the last 11 attempted base stealers.
  — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
• He doesn't hit for power and is a capable base stealer but Mainieri loves using him at the No.
  — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• But the Hall of Fame player was also the greatest lead-off hitter and base stealer who ever lived.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
• He's thrown out just one of seven attempted base stealers so far, but sees progress in those throws that don't get outs, too.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• The junior catcher unleashed a perfect throw to second base from his knees to nail a would-be base stealer.
  — Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 14 Apr. 2018
• He has been known for his defense, throwing out 33 percent of base stealers in his career.
  — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 9 Apr. 2020
• In four starts during his first major league call-up, Stubbs is 4-for-17, has caught one would-be base stealer and allowed four wild pitches.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 13 June 2019
• Before every game, the Cincinnati Reds have a base stealers meeting.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 July 2023
• By becoming the most prolific base stealer in the Dallas area.
  — Dallas News, 1 June 2022
• The Georgetown, Kentucky native has also thrown out eight would-be base stealers in 36 attempts.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2018
• Last season with the Dogs, Falsetti threw out 36% of would-be base stealers, which was 13 percentage points better than the league average.
  — Ryan Nilsson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Amaya has been successful in nailing base stealers in 33.7 percent of his attempts.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2019
• Over his career, he’s caught 25% of potential base stealers, in line with league average.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2023
• The former college shortstop threw out 41 percent of base stealers last season, picked off four runners and had only three passed balls in 99 games.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 4 Feb. 2018
• Altuve is one of the best players in the league, Ramirez is coming off a do-it-all campaign, Gordon is a premier base stealer, and Dozier is the best bet to lead the position in home runs.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Kruger has, however, thrown out about 25% of base stealers in his career, which is just below the major league average.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
• That same inning, catcher Gavin Logan threw out a would-be base stealer at second base, picking a ball out of the dirt and firing a bullet across the diamond.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 5 June 2022
• Despite Fairchild’s speed, he’s never been a prolific base stealer.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
• Rather, his aim as a base stealer remained the same in the minors and the majors: to read a pitcher and get the best jump possible no matter how many times the pitcher threw over or how large the white square in his sights appeared.
  — Aaron Kasinitz, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2022
• Two other owners were targeting speed as well and the top base stealers were greatly inflated.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
• Over the last three seasons, injuries had reduced him to a shadow of his MVP-caliber self at the plate and turned a dangerous base stealer into a station-to-station plodder.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 4 July 2018
• McGuire might be a reliable backup, especially if his pitchers give him a chance to throw out a base stealer once in a while, but this could be the weakest position on the Sox roster.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• Entering last night’s game, Realmuto had thrown out a league-leading 17 attempted base stealers.
  — Scott Lauber, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
• But Brantley nabbed second against Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki, who threw out just 5 of 50 base stealers during the regular season.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
• Starter Gerrit Cole, at 6-5, historically has been among the 11 pitchers most vulnerable to base stealers.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 23 May 2018
• For the league’s best base stealers, this change could mean a permanent green light to run – especially when pitchers are also being limited to two pickoff attempts per plate appearance.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
• Sisco has now caught seven of 11 attempted base stealers overall, including six of his past seven, and the overall package is one that’s warranting more of a run of playing time than anticipated.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 21 Apr. 2018

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