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webbbj 08-15-2012 09:16 AM

could billy hamilton be the next billy hamilton?
 
just perusing through random stats on espn. look at the all time stolen base leaders and billy hamilton ranks #3.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/history/leade...rt/stolenBases

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/...billy-hamilton

Guy could hit, was a HOFer and 912 stolen and never caught.

BungleBengals 08-15-2012 09:20 AM

Re: could billy hamilton be the next billy hamilton?
 
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Originally Posted by webbbj (Post 2703840)
just perusing through random stats on espn. look at the all time stolen base leaders and billy hamilton ranks #3.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/history/leade...rt/stolenBases

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/...billy-hamilton

Guy could hit, was a HOFer and 912 stolen and never caught.

I doubt our Billy never gets caught, but it would be awesome for him to get the minor league record and then be brought up and eventually get the major league record for all time SB too.

The record is 1406. Definitely within the realm of Billy Hamilton :cool:

jback76 08-15-2012 10:14 AM

Re: could billy hamilton be the next billy hamilton?
 
I'm guessing they didn't keep track of CS's back before the turn of the century. The list is littered with zero CS's.

Sir Luke 08-16-2012 04:45 PM

Re: could billy hamilton be the next billy hamilton?
 
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Originally Posted by BungleBengals (Post 2703843)
I doubt our Billy never gets caught, but it would be awesome for him to get the minor league record and then be brought up and eventually get the major league record for all time SB too.

The record is 1406. Definitely within the realm of Billy Hamilton :cool:

You don't know that. There's no way to know how he will hold up against pitching in the big leagues. I'm not sure if you're aware of this but you can't steal a base if you aren't on a base. So you can't say it is within his grasps. However you could say that he has the speed to do it provided he is on base enough.

dubc47834 08-16-2012 05:42 PM

Re: could billy hamilton be the next billy hamilton?
 
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Originally Posted by Sir Luke (Post 2705520)
You don't know that. There's no way to know how he will hold up against pitching in the big leagues. I'm not sure if you're aware of this but you can't steal a base if you aren't on a base. So you can't say it is within his grasps. However you could say that he has the speed to do it provided he is on base enough.

Wow....that took a genious to figure out!!!!

Jamz 08-17-2012 07:58 AM

Re: could billy hamilton be the next billy hamilton?
 
He doesn't have the power.

'69 & Vine 08-17-2012 10:01 AM

Re: could billy hamilton be the next billy hamilton?
 
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Originally Posted by jback76 (Post 2703873)
I'm guessing they didn't keep track of CS's back before the turn of the century. The list is littered with zero CS's.

This. Baseball-reference just leaves the CS column blank.

I had Billy Hamilton on some what-if-sports teams back in the day and there were CS stats on there but maybe they were projected?


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