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2008499, Single season steals record going down aka Billy Hamilton watch
Posted by Wonderl33t, Sat Jul-14-12 03:18 PM
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-fast-billy-hamilton-20120714,0,5718961.story
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hamilt002bil
He is fast fast fast (and he is always getting on base). The current record for all of pro baseball including minors and majors is 145 set by Vince Coleman in single A in 1983. Billy Hamilton (Cincinnati Reds prospect) is leading all of pro baseball with 104, and is on pace for 163 steals by season end.
He just led single-A Bakersfield to the first half title in the California League, and was promoted to AA Pensacola right before the Allstar break.
He was batting .323 with 1 homer and 30 RBIs before being promoted. 9 triples as well. 104 steals, caught 21 times.
He was also held up at gunpoint in North Carolina during the minor league all star weekend. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120619/SPT04/306190085
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