Interesting trivia

[fredtoast]

(05-06-2019, 09:41 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I was looking up if anyone was close, and I'm sure plenty of people know this, but I didn't.  Billy Hamilton is #3 in stolen bases.  He was a white guy born in the 1860s, but that's kind of nuts.  The current Billy Hamilton is tied at 179.

The Billy Hamilton that is now listed at #3 all time in stolen bases did not exist in the 1970's.  I specifically remember Lou Brock breaking TY Cobb's record for career stolen bases.