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Old 11-05-2024, 09:35 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by kq76 View Post
In the example you saw, were both runners definitely safe?
Yes, they were.

And yes, the trailing runner should always receive credit for a stolen base on a successful double steal. The MLB rulebook states:

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The Official Scorer shall credit a stolen base to a runner whenever the runner advances one base unaided by a hit, a putout, an error, a force-out, a fielder’s choice, a passed ball, a wild pitch or a balk, subject to the following:
On a successful double steal, the trailing runner has done exactly what is described.

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When a runner, attempting to steal, or after being picked off base, evades being put out in a run-down play and advances to the next base without the aid of an error, the Official Scorer shall credit the runner with a stolen base. If another runner also advances on the play, the Official Scorer shall credit both runners with stolen bases. If a runner advances while another runner, attempting to steal, evades being put out in a run-down play and returns safely, without the aid of an error, to the base he originally occupied, the Official Scorer shall credit a stolen base to the runner who advances.
If trailing runners are automatically credited with a stolen base when a different runner advances despite being caught in a rundown, it stands to reason that trailing runners are also automatically credited with a stolen base when a different runner advances without being caught in a rundown. The trailing runner even gets credit for a steal if a lead runner is caught in a rundown and safely returns to his original base.

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When a double- or triple-steal is attempted and one runner is thrown out before reaching and holding the base such runner is attempting to steal, no other runner shall be credited with a stolen base.
As you described, if any runner is caught stealing on a multiple steal attempt, then nobody gets credit for a stolen base.

So, I think OOTP is handling successful double steals correctly, but it is not logging the information consistently.

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