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Originally Posted by Balticfox
Willie Wilson deserves far more accolades in this thread! Though completely overshadowed by Ricky Henderson in his prime, Wilson led MLB with 83 steals in 1979 and had 79 in 1980. He's twelfth on the all-time list with 668.
But Wilson also hit 147 triples which was a total exceeded in the post WWII era by only Stan Musial and Roberto Clemente!
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Willie was a master of using that KC artificial turf to his advantage, though his Home/Away splits are not as lopsided as you may think they are (they are still much better in KC), so he was able to adjust if he needed to.
If Willie ever figured out how to take a walk, he might be in the HOF right now.