How do you throw out Billy Hamilton? Well, you don't, usually. Hamilton's 31 steals not only lead the Majors, but are more than the total for 11 other teams. Only five times has Hamilton been thrown out, giving him an 86.1 success rate that's a big improvement over his 70.8 percentage from last year, when he was caught a Major League-worst 23 times. Even that's not the full truth, though, because one of those five outs was actually when Sean O'Sullivan picked Hamilton off first base. That means that only four times has a catcher nailed Hamilton trying to steal.
Statcast: How to catch Billy Hamilton stealing
