Fansided · Feb 11, 2017
Cincinnati Reds have deceptively bad year on the base paths aside from Billy Hamilton
The Cincinnati Reds had a bad 2016 base running season, aside from all world base stealer Billy Hamilton.
For the second year in a row, Cincinnati Reds’ center fielder Billy Hamilton was the best base stealer in all of MLB. He was +68 bases with 58 steals in just 119 games. While finishing second in the majors in steals, he was also more aggressive going from first to third in 2016.
He was less aggressive going second to home in 2016. In 2015 all 12 times that he had an opportunity to go home from second he took it. In 2016 he advanced on only 5 of 11 opportunities. With the outfield built around him, Hamilton needs to stay aggressive and get on base in 2017.