Happy 2009!

Jayson Stark's year-in-review column on ESPN right here notes that Willy Tavarez stole 5 bases in a game but didn't score a run.

In fact, he's the only guy to do that since 1956. Here are all the guys to steal at least 4 bases with no runs scored since 1956. You'll note that Tavarez is the only guy with 5.

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Willy Taveras     2008-06-14    COL @CHW W  2-0   5  4  0  2  1  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   1   0  5  0 1st CF

    2 Kenny Lofton      2007-06-29    TEX @BOS L  1-2   5  4  0  4  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st CF

    3 Tony Womack       2005-05-15    NYY @OAK W  6-4   6  6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   1   0  4  0 2nd LF

    4 Angel Berroa      2004-06-19    KCR @PHI L  2-4   4  4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   1   1  4  0 6th SS

    5 Brady Anderson    1998-07-05    BAL @NYY L  0-1   4  3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0   0   0  4  0 2nd CF
    6 Lou Frazier       1998-04-19    CHW @TOR L  4-5   6  3  0  0  0  0  0   0  2   0  2   0  1  0   1   0  4  0 1st CF

    7 Vince Coleman     1993-06-23    NYM  MON L  3-4   5  4  0  0  0  0  0   1  1   0  2   0  0  0   1   0  4  0 1st LF

    8 Vince Coleman     1992-06-26    NYM @STL L  3-4   4  1  0  0  0  0  0   0  3   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  4  1 1st LF
    9 Luis Polonia      1992-06-10    CAL @CHW L  2-3   6  6  0  3  0  0  0   0  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st LF

   10 Gary Pettis       1988-09-11    DET @NYY L  4-5   9  7  0  2  0  0  0   0  2   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st CF

   11 Rickey Henderson  1987-05-03    NYY @MIN L  3-4   5  4  0  3  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st CF

   12 Vince Coleman     1986-06-30    STL  NYM L  0-7   4  3  0  2  0  1  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st LF

   13 Dave Collins      1984-08-05    TOR @BAL W  4-3   5  5  0  2  0  0  0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   1   0  4  0 2nd LF
   14 Gary Redus        1984-06-03    CIN  ATL L  0-4   4  2  0  2  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  1  0   0   0  4  0 1st LF

   15 Garry Maddox      1978-05-29    PHI  PIT W  4-3   6  5  0  4  0  0  0   1  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 6th CF
   16 Davey Lopes       1978-04-30    LAD @STL L  0-4   4  2  0  1  0  0  0   0  2   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st 2B

   17 John Lowenstein   1974-06-16(2) CLE  MIN W  3-1   4  4  0  3  0  0  0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 3rd LF 1B

   18 Maury Wills       1962-09-07    LAD  PIT L  1-10  4  3  0  2  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  1 1st SS

Wow, Vince Coleman did it 3 different times. Although it says more about his teammates than it does about him, it also helps support the argument that he was not a terribly valuable player.

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