2023-05-27 13:00:00
With the pair of scams he registered on Thursday to help the Braves dispatch the Phillies 8 for 5 at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ronald Acuña Jr. left behind Andrés Galarraga, tied Enzo Hernández and was just behind. ten steals to reach Miguel Cairo in the eleventh position of the historical list of Creole swindlers in the best baseball in the world.
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In less than six full seasons, Acuña has stolen 129 bases, in 163 attempts, in the first 564 games of his career, to rank next to Hernández, who stole the same number in 162 attempts during 714 games and eight seasons (1971- 78).
Luis Aparicio, leader for life among Venezuelans, who occupies 38th place in the general historical list of great scammers (506), stole his first 129 bases in 578 games, fourteen more than Acuña registered.
At the beginning of this campaign, Acuña was in 21st place on the list of Venezuelan lifelong robbers and in one trip, in eight weeks, he has won seven rungs, leaving behind César Izturis (110), Luis Salazar (117), Ender Inciarte (118), Carlos González (122), Gregor Blanco (122), Víctor Davalillo (125) and Galarraga (128).
In 179 attempts during his 17-campaign career (1996-2012), Cairo stole 139 pads, ten more than the Guarani totals.
At the rate he is taking, they calculate that he can exceed 60 robberies this year, Acuña will try to establish a new record for Creoles, held by Róger Cedeño with 66 since 1999, and get closer to Oswaldo Guillén, who with 169 in 16 years (1985-2000). -40 more than Acuña- is in 10th place on the list.
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