Further analysis.
I looked to see what the run % was of all the 80+ base stealers. I took runs scored/plate appearances. Then I did the same thing with the yearly league leaders (both leagues) from 2000-2008.
Henderson-130 steals.....75.6 success rate.......18.1 run %
Brock-118........78.1..........15.0
Coleman-110......81.5........15.5
Coleman-109......83.2........17.2
Henderson-108....85.0.......16.9
Coleman-107.......88.4.......14.0
Wills-104............88.9.......17.1
Henderson-100....79.4.......15.4
LeFlore-97.........83.6........16.2
Cobb-96............71.6........20.6
Moreno-96.........74.4........11.7
Wills-94.............75.2........13.0
Henderson-93......87.7.......18.2
Raines-90...........86.5.........18.5
Milan-88............n/a..........15.6
Henderson-87......82.9........18.5
Cobb-83............n/a..........22.5
Wilson-83..........87.4.........17.7
Bescher-81.......n/a............14.8
Coleman-81.......75.0..........11.3
Collins-81..........n/a...........12.3
Davis-80...........87.9..........19.9
Henderson-80....88.9..........22.3
2000
NL-Luis Castillo-62...............73.8.....16.1
AL-Johnny Damon-46...........83.6......18.4
2001
NL-Juan Pierre-46................73.0.....15.8
NL-Jimmy Rollins-46..............85.2.....13.5
AL-Ichiro Suzuki-56..............80.0.....17.2
2002
NL-Luis Castillo-48..............76.2......12.9
AL-Alfonso Soriano-41.........75.9......17.3
2003
NL-Juan Pierre-65...............76.5......13.4
AL-Carl Crawford-55............84.6......12.1
2004
NL-Scott Posednik-70...........84.3....11.9
AL-Carl Crawford-59.............79.7.....15.5
2005
NL-Jose Reyes-60................80.0.....13.5
AL-Chone Figgins-62...........78.5......15.7
2006
NL-Jose Reyes-64...............79.0.....17.4
AL-Carl Crawford-58............86.6......13.7
2007
NL-Jose Reyes-78................78.8....15.6
AL-Carl Crawford-50.............83.3....14.9
AL-Brian Roberts-50............87.7......14.4
2008
NL-Willy Taveras-68.............90.7......11.9
AL-Jacoby Ellsbury-50..........82.0......16.1
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