Stolen Bases

Charlotte's Adrian Jordan (85%) is the alltime stolen base percentage leader for all players with at least 50 steals since 1997 (the first year caught stealing records were kept). Jordan was 46 for 55 this year while being used mostly as a pinch runner. He only had 95 at bats all year.

Charlotte also has the alltime leader for players with at least 100 steals in Jason Solo (83.3%). Solo has 340 career steals.

New York's Michael Johnson rates as the most valuable base stealer since 1997, with 585 steals against 150 caught stealing. By linear weights that is worth 45.2 runs. Kenny Anderson is the most prolific basestealer with 951 in that period (1177 for his career), but Kenny has been thrown out 378 times since 1997, so his run value is only 14.4 runs.

The 2005 Superior League champion Charlotte Hawks like to run, and will continue to in the future, as they have made speedy Kenny Anderson Jr. the 27th pick of the first round. He will eventually play center field and follow the blazing trail set by his father.