Phillies: Masters of the Stolen Base

Here's an unbelievable stat: the same team has led all other 29 MLB teams in stolen base percentage for an incredible 6 years. The Phillies are the master thieves. Here's the breakdown, including the Phil's percentage, the 2nd place team's percentage, the MLB average for that year, and the Phillies top base stealers for that year: 2012: Phil. 83% (116-23); 2nd LAA 80% (134-33); ML avg. 74% (108-38) PHI: Pierre 37-7, Rollins 30-5, Victorino 24-4, Utley 11-1, rest 14-6 2011: Phil. 80% (96-24); 2nd NYM 79% (130-35); ML avg. 72% (109-42) PHI: Rollins 30-8, Victorino 19-3, Utley 14-0, Mayberry 8-3, rest 25-10 2010: Phil. 84% (108-21); 2nd OAK 80% (156-38); ML avg. 72% (99-38) PHI: Victorino 34-6, Rollins 17-1, Utley 13-2, Werth 13-3. Francisco 8-0, Valdez 7-0, rest 16-9 2009: Phil. 80.952% (119-28); 2nd TEX 80.54% (149-36); ML avg. 72% (99-38) PHI: Rollins 31-8, Victorino 25-8, Utley 23-0, Werth 20-3, Howard 8-1, rest 12-8 2008: Phil. 84% (136-25); 2nd OAK 81% (88-21); ML avg. 73% (93-35) PHI: Rollins 47-3, Victorino 36-11, Werth 20-1, Utley 14-2, Bruntlett 9-2, rest 10-6 2007: Phil. 88% (138-19); 2nd ARI 82% (109-24); ML avg. 74% (97-33) PHI: Rollins 41-6, Victorino 37-4, Bourn 18-1, Utley 9-1, Werth 7-1, rest 26-6 Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chae Utley and Jayson Werth have had the most to do with PHiladelphia's success in this area over the past half-dozen years.