Billy Hamilton
Baseball Player
1866 – 1940
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Who was Billy Hamilton?
William Robert "Sliding Billy" Hamilton was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player who holds a number of baseball records. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Beaneaters between 1888 and 1901. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1961. As of 2014, he is third on the all-time list of career stolen bases leaders.
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- Born
- Feb 16, 1866
Newark - Also known as
- Sliding Billy Hamilton
- Profession
- Lived in
- Newark
- Died
- Dec 15, 1940
Worcester
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on July 23, 2013
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