The 1969 Seattle Pilots didn't have much to celebrate. The team had an old stadium with poor attendance and an older team. With an average age of over 28 years, they were older than most established MLB teams and considerably older than the other 1969 expansion teams. But Tommy Harper provided Seattle fans with a reason to cheer. The lead-off hitter got the Pilots first hit ever and also scored their first run. Harper also led the Majors with 73 stolen bases.
After leading the AL in stolen bases for 4 consecutive years, Bert Campaneris fell to 2nd place. His 62 swipes still matched his career high from the 1968 season. Additionally he was only caught 8 times compared to 22 in 1968.
Cesar Tovar stole 52 bases in the regular season and 1 in the NLCS for the Minnesota Twins.
It's a damn shame that such a card didn't really exist, because it deprived us of a Seattle Pilots card.
ReplyDelete...But you did such a fine job of creating one, so it's all good.
just to correct you cesar tovar played in the alcs not the nlcs
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