4,000 hit club, yes.
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wolfboy (08-14-2013)
Wladimir Balentin 100 career HR club, yes?
joshua (08-13-2013)
Ichiro can join the 4,000 hit club when Cooperstown acknowledges Sadaharu is the all time HR leader...which will never happen.
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japanese baseball < american baseball
mdccclxix (08-14-2013)
It's an interesting tidbit, a sign of the globalization of our sport and world.
Ichiro should celebrate his 4,000th hit. I don't think anyone is suggesting it should be in the official MLB record books.
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If you combined the minor league stats, I wonder how many, if any, MLB players had 4,000 hits? Ichiro should feel proud of his accomplishments. He's been a great hitter. I think if he had played his entire career in MLB he would have had good shot at Rose's hit record.
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Pete Rose had 427 minor league hits. Maybe he'll come back to total 5,000!
(as a ghost, I'd presume).
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I got the numbers from Baseball ReferenceCode:Rank Player MLB MiLB Total 1. Pete Rose 4256 427 4683 2. Ty Cobb+ 4189 166 4355 3. Hank Aaron + 3771 324 4095 4. Stan Musial+ 3630 371 4001 5. Tris Speaker+ 3514 451 3965 6. Cap Anson+ 3435 no data 7. Honus Wagner+ 3420 262+ 3702+ 8. Carl Yastrzemski+ 3419 363 3782 9. Paul Molitor+ 3319 86 3405 10. Eddie Collins+ 3315 22 3337 11. Derek Jeter 3308 551 3809 12. Willie Mays+ 3283 195 3478 13. Eddie Murray+ 3255 451 3706
http://www.baseball-reference.com/le...H_career.shtml
Collins' and Mays's data includes some Negro League results, Anson had no known stats in the minors and Wagner was shown playing in one additional season in MiLB for which there were no stats shown.
Another number to consider is postseason hits, Jeter has 200 which would bring his total to 4009.
Code:MiLB/MLB Post Total 1. Pete Rose 4683 86 4769 2. Ty Cobb+ 4355 17 4372 3. Hank Aaron + 4095 25 4120 4. Stan Musial+ 4001 22 4023 5. Tris Speaker+ 3965 22 3987 6. Cap Anson+ 3435 16 3451 7. Honus Wagner+ 3702+ 14 3716+ 8. Carl Yastrzemski+ 3782 24 3806 9. Paul Molitor+ 3405 43 3448 10. Eddie Collins+ 3337 42 3379 11. Derek Jeter 3809 200 4009 12. Willie Mays+ 3478 22 3500 13. Eddie Murray+ 3706 41 3747
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Ichiro should be 1st ballot, though, I think.
Crumbley (08-14-2013)
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