Dragons’ Hamilton finishes first half of season with most stolen bases

Dayton Dragons shortstop Billy Hamilton (left) finished the first half of the Midwest League season with 53 stolen bases in 66 games, most in professional baseball. This is what the minor-league steals leaderboard looked like entering play Saturday:

Player, team (league)

Stolen bases

Billy Hamilton, Dayton (Midwest League)

53

Tyler Graham, Fresno (Pacific Coast League)

37

Rymer Liriano, Fort Wayne (Midwest League)

34

Gary Brown, San Jose (California League)

33

Daniel Carroll, High Desert (California League)

32

Anthony Gose, New Hampshire (Eastern League)

32