Someone posted that putting a less than sign < then the letters PRE and then a greater than sign > at the start of the formatted text and then repeating all that at the end of the text except using /PRE with a slash in front of the PRE will leave the numbers formatted after you post. It seems to work.

As to the question:
The guy with the better arm rating (1 is worst & 9 is best) SHOULD be the best at throwing out runners, but...the game doesn't use ratings directly according to the manual, but uses the actual stats. Assuming you buy that, go to:


http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/stats/mlb_sortable_player_stats.jsp?baseballScope=mlb&subScope=pos&teamPosCode=2&statType=3&timeSubFrame=2004&sitSplit=&venueID=&Submit=Submit&timeFrame=1

and check out the actual SB/CS for the catchers of interest.

The manual does state that:

"Catcher's ratings. The toughest position to rate in a simulation. So much depends on the pitching staff he is catching! PURE BASEBALL has taken the position that it will take passed ball statistics and stolen base statistics at face value. If in the future, new statistical observations by STATS Inc. or new statistical analysis tools are available, we will alter our approach to rating catchers. We have used the subjective catcher's rating to alter some play results. Keep in mind that the catcher's arm rating takes into account stolen base percentage against and extra bases allowed on wild throws on steal attempts. "

and it also says that:

"Only a very few PURE BASEBALL ratings are actually used in the game simulation. The ratings are included in the game to help managers quickly and easily identify a player's strengths and weaknesses. The actual statistics are what drives the game in most cases."