Buddy Napier Stats & Facts
Buddy Napier Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 71 Weight: 165 Born: 12 18, 1889 in Byromville, GA USA Died: 3 29 1968 in Dallas, TX USA Debut: 8/14/1912 Last Game: 7/16/1921 Full Name: Skelton Leroy Napier
Eddie Collins is Hero of the Battle Stealing 6 bases he is the only player in major league history to steal six bases in a game twice
1912 – At Sportsman’s Park against the Browns, Eddie Collins becomes the only player in major league history to steal six bases in one game for a second time. The Philadelphia Athletics’ second baseman’s feat of thievery has yet to be surpassed. It will be 79 years until another major leaguer, Otis Nixon, even ties Collins’ mark.
