I understand that what sticks in the memory are the big outs and its easy to assume that the Sox were a bad base running team. But they were actually probably more of an average base running team overall and good to very good team for stolen bases.
wSB: 4.2 (6th in MLB)
wGDP: -0.5 (16th)
UBR: 1.4 (17th)
Spd: 4.5 (11th)
These are all Fangraphs metrics for base running. wSB is weighted stolen bases, wGDP is weighted grounded into double plays, UBR is ultimate base running, and Spd is... well... speed score.
If you are curious about the nuts and bolts, they are all in the glossary there.
wSB: 4.2 (6th in MLB)
wGDP: -0.5 (16th)
UBR: 1.4 (17th)
Spd: 4.5 (11th)
These are all Fangraphs metrics for base running. wSB is weighted stolen bases, wGDP is weighted grounded into double plays, UBR is ultimate base running, and Spd is... well... speed score.
If you are curious about the nuts and bolts, they are all in the glossary there.