Today in baseball history 1979 – Lou Brock stole base No. 938, breaking Billy Hamilton‘s record, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Mets 7-4 in 10 innings.

The Billy Hamilton I’m speaking of played from the years 1888 to 1901 and was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961 by the Veteran’s Committee. How strange is it that 112 years later another base stealing specialist named Billy Hamilton is on the rise and could pass the original Hamilton’s career number and tack on some more. For the record, the original Billy Hamilton topped out at 111 stolen bases in a single season. We all know that the young Reds phenom has the potential to sprint past that number.

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