Taveras was so fast he didn't appear on film. You had to be there to see it.

Rockies Hitters: Struggle with runners on base Willy Taveras: Fine, I’ll do it myself

It's crazy how bad he was that season outside of the stolen bases. With 538 Plate Appearances and an OPS+ of 55, he Mathis'd that season. He had 0.0 WAR, and the stolen bases were the only reason he wasn't well below replacement level. He contributed -27 runs of value with his bat, and -3 runs of value in the field. His +12 baserunning runs were the only reason he didn't have negative WAR.

There’s 0 footage of his steals? That’s awesome lmao, the fact no guy has stolen 65 plus in ten years bums me out.

Boy! I miss the small ball guys. So rare these days...

I met him, and he signed a coupl cards for me. Dexter Fowler was trying to get him to talk cause he was so quiet, but he was still a nice guy. I think he just wasn't comfortable speaking English, cause I never heard him say anything to the fans in line in English. You are correct he was an incredible base stealer.

I remember Taveras playing in Mexican League, he and Tony Plush as 1-2 on the lineup was very fun to watch

Bro honestly your channel is a hidden gem keep it up your giving baseball a boost

willy has one of the most unusual baseball reference pages I've ever seen

As a Cardinals fan with a soft spot for the Rockies, I appreciate seeing this

You are now my favorite for doing a Willy t video, I loved him with the Astros so much when he hit a home run it felt like you’d seen a comet

As a Rockies fan, thank you

I really appreciate you taking time to give the Rockies some of the respect they have earned. It hasn’t always been easy to be a fan in Colorado. There is a tendency here to be fans of championships instead of teams and to often the Rockies have to sit with the Nuggets on that bench while the fans forget there are better sports than Football.

This was really well done! Being a strato geek i just drafted Willy! So can relive his playing days. Is hard finding footage of him playing so this was great.

A couple of other note worthy moments for Willy. He had the only run in one of the games 2007 World Series. He stole 3rd base literally walked over to the base. Plus, he threw out Astro’s Craig Biggio, when Biggio hit his 3000 base hit and tried to stretch it into a double. And on top of that he’s a heck of a nice guy and great friend.

He also had a 30 game hitting streak in 2006 that ended when he got hit by two pitches

I just found your channel. Please keep up the good work!

Loved watching Willy T here in Houston from 05 to like 07 I think, he had a modern day hit streak that I watched Summer of 06 with my older stepbrother (we bought kids tickets and went to 40 games that season). Dude was a super speedster and like a 99 in MLB 06 The Show

I can’t believe I missed this, but as a Rockies fan I needed this rn

Thank you for appreciating us sad Rockies fans 😥

Great vid as always!

dude, glad you made this vid, Taveras used to be one of my favorite players

Love these videos keep them up man!!

Taveras was one of my favorite players on MVP Baseball, so fast and such a great table-setter.

Me? Forget Willy Taveras? Never

Just subscribed stay on your grind and it’ll pick up even more

This is like an ice cream after a bad haircut. Thank you.

Mike Trout has the best baserunning season of this century. Because of course he does. I should've stopped being surprised by Mike Trout stats by now but I would never have guessed that in a million years.

The Rockies were playing the Red Sox when I got a chance to go inside the Green Monster. Willy Taveras was warning up in left when he started playing around with us faking that there were balls about to land near us. He ended up giving us a ball. I’m glad this video exists.

My favorite Astro growing up. Even over the Killer B’s and Wizard of Os!

I play OOTP Baseball and one of the loading screen factoids is that Willy Taveras once stole five bases in a game and scored zero runs, so naturally I would come across this video today

One of my favorite ❤❤

As an Astro life long fan and favorite era being the killer bees I can testify for Willy t he was so quick and was exciting when stealing. I saw a hand full of games and steals. Watched em live tv back when also. I thought he would be a hof player. Michael bourn also

Thank you this Ease the pain

That stat is absolutely absurd. Having more steals than runs when you stole more than 50 bags sounds insane to me. Let alone more than 65 bags

Wow just did an MLB The Show 09 franchise, and Willie Taveras stole 89 bases for me lmao perfectly timed

Very cool. I would like to see a vid mining BsR stats.

Insane 🤯

I miss him so much I resign him every time I go back and play mlb 10 the show

Do a video on Vince Coleman. His first 3 years in mlb he had over 300 stolen bases and then 💩 452 stolen bases in 10 more seasons. Which is srill a lot, but if you look at his firat 3 years to his last 10, something went wrong.

He's the Brady Anderson of base swiping.

Did you throw this together since the Arenado trade? If so amazing, if not great too

I saw you on reddit asking for these clips lol

Hang in there Rockies fans. As a Marlins fan who consistently sees all of their best players get traded away, I feel your pain. Always cheered for our sister franchise. You guys will be great again.

speed kills

I watched that game where Taveras robbed Michael Bourn of a hit at 1:42. That was orthodox easter in 2009.

Maybe do something on Franklin gutierrez and his injuries or Roger Bernadina and how he was the original shark in DC. Before the baby shark stuff

New upload lets gooo

Crazy to think if spilbourghs was a modern 2 hitter. Judge, jd martinez etc.

man being a Rockies fan is so hard

Boy, this was wild to watch, especially in light of the how much the Rockies have been dumping on we, the fans.

As a sox fan i was at the tavaras 5 steal game.

Nice vid

Love your vids

Also you put the thought in Taverns' head that he was HELPING the man at bat by stealing. Many batters don't like it because it DISTRACTS them.

I’m pretty that is a picture of Everth Cabrera for the white Sox & not Octavio Dotel. Not at all important, but just pointing it out

Vid Suggestion!!! Could you do a vid concerning the relationship between the MLBPA and the Owners? As fans, I think we don't always appreciate the intricacies and politics that happen between those two bodies and simplify it as two different groups being greedy. I'm sure greed is deeply involved but I it's also a lot more involved and complicated than that.

love the rockies ... 🙄

6:13 2nd to last is 04 posednik

I liked him with Houston, I figured he'd be a guy to pay attention to

You said he had 8 steals in 27 games to start this season which was “starting off slow.” But some quick math shows that’s on pace for 48 steals… not really starting slow at all.

According to baseball reference he actually had 68 Stolen bases

I always wondered what happened to this dude

As a Rockies fan, I still cant believe we traded our best player in decades, and got 2 average prospects, and 2 below average prospects. Spain but without the s.

Why is Ryan Spilborghs in the thumbnail?

Exactly what record did he break I think I missed something

What happened to base stealers?

The Big Cat Gallarraga stole 18 and 15 in his late 30's for u guess it COL

Please now do a 5 or more stolen bases in game video lol

Love what you're doing on this channel. Tip tho: if you refer to something happening "yesterday," or what the Rockies are like "today" your video is only accurate for one day and ages poorly after that. Its a nitpick but meant to be constructive. If you neutralize the tense of your language--as in refer to things in a more vaguely past tense, or just generally current--the content will retain its freshness longer.

Didn't he also have a 30 game hitting streak at one point?

At the six minute mark you cite Tim Raines low run total in 1981. You do realize a strike made fifty games disappear that season?

Spilly is still striking out working in the booth. Sorry, had to throw that in there

I love your channel, I’d just scrap the olive pictures at the beginning of the video. Makes people uneasy

It's a shame that baseball today dissuades players from stealing bases. It's good to see some guys still do it regularly. I stopped watching baseball because it's so boring. Pitcher pitches, usually one of 4 results... home run, fly ball, strikeout, walk. Today's strategy is... don't get thrown out stealing a base in case the next guy up hits a home run. There is no 'creating' runs any more. No 'smallball'. It all started with the DH. Get rid of DH, and kill the live ball. Let's get some excitement back into baseball. HR's are boring when there are so many of them.

My friends dad.

😂 hahaha

One of the reasons he's forgotten, is he played on a bad team in the middle of the country. And also, that season he had an OPS+ of like 55. So he really wasn't that good...except at base stealing.

He used the wrong player in the thumbnail lol

Yeah except he never hit that good or drew walks

Chapman is bette than Nolan Aranoldo