His steals established a then professional-baseball single-season record, surpassing the previous minor league mark of 116 set by Allan Lewis in 1966, as well as Lou Brock's major-league record of 118 in 1974. Wiggins caught the eye of San Diego Padres general manager Jack McKeon, who drafted him in the 1980 Rule 5 draft after the Dodgers decided to leave him unprotected.
His steals established a then professional-baseball single-season record, surpassing the previous minor league mark of 116 set by Allan Lewis in 1966, as well as Lou Brock's major-league record of 118 in 1974.
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Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
His
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PRP$
nsubj
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steal
steals
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NNS
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
establish
established
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det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
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DT
amod
PronType=Dem
then
then
ADV
RB
amod
Degree=Pos
professional
professional
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JJ
punct
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-
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Number=Sing
baseball
baseball
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amod
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single
single
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JJ
punct
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compound
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season
season
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obj
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record
record
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,
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VerbForm=Ger
surpass
surpassing
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Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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amod
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previous
previous
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JJ
amod
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minor
minor
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compound
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league
league
NOUN
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obj
Number=Sing
mark
mark
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case
of
of
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IN
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NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
116
116
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CD
nmod
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set
set
NOUN
NN
case
by
by
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nmod
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Allan
Allan
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flat
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Lewis
Lewis
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case
in
in
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obl
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1966
1966
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punct
,
,
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cc
as
as
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RB
fixed
Degree=Pos
well
well
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fixed
as
as
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IN
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Number=Sing
Lou
Lou
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Brock
Brock
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NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
Degree=Pos
major
major
ADJ
JJ
punct
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-
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HYPH
compound
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league
league
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conj
Number=Sing
record
record
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case
of
of
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nmod
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118
118
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1974
1974
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Wiggins caught the eye of San Diego Padres general manager Jack McKeon, who drafted him in the 1980 Rule 5 draft after the Dodgers decided to leave him unprotected.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Wiggins
Wiggins
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NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
catch
caught
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VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
obj
Number=Sing
eye
eye
NOUN
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case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
San
San
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flat
Number=Sing
Diego
Diego
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Padres
Padres
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NNP
amod
Degree=Pos
general
general
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nmod
Number=Sing
manager
manager
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Jack
Jack
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flat
Number=Sing
McKeon
McKeon
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NNP
punct
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nsubj
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who
who
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draft
drafted
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VBD
obj
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he
him
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case
in
in
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det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
compound
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1980
1980
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CD
compound
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rule
Rule
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nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
5
5
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CD
obl
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draft
draft
NOUN
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mark
after
after
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
nsubj
Number=Plur
Dodgers
Dodgers
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advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
decide
decided
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VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
leave
leave
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
xcomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
unprotect
unprotected
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VBN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.