04-27-2019, 04:36 PM
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Catcher Defense - Running Game
I did a little bit of a look at catcher defense, though it is so hard to determine much with a multitude of variables. I limited this to catchers with at least 100 innings played in 1946. I then converted their runners thrown out and stolen bases allowed into a run value, based on a stolen base = 0.2 runs lost and a caught stealing = 0.4 runs added.
The other thought is that runners will be less aggressive with a catcher that has a better arm and those are the other charts. There does appear to be a little bit of an uptick with some of the extremely high rated arms, but that is a very small sample in the minor leagues.
Max Weinstein has an old post about the overrated value of the catcher's arm. It does appear to have a significant impact in OOTP, but in real life he found that most stolen bases happened due to the pitcher.
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