OT: 4000 Hits for Suzuki

[barrysloate]

Although this belongs in the watercooler section, 4000 hits is an enormous accomplishment. Single off R.A. Dickey in the first inning. Congrats!

[cdn_collector]

Just watched it on TV. Pretty impressive accomplishment, indeed.

Am far from a Yankees fan, but it's tough not to cheer for Ichiro. I knew nothing of him before he came to Seattle from Japan, but what he's done numbers wise since joining the Majors is incredible.

Regards,

Richard.

[buymycards]

Hi Barry,
I agree with you. It is so much fun watching Ichiro hit the ball. I saw the Yankees when they came to Milwaukee a few years ago and I'm waiting patiently for them to come back.

A lonesome Yankees fan in Wisconsin.

Rick

[MVSNYC]

I saw the hit, very cool...nice of his teammates to surround him at first base.

[RCMcKenzie]

I did not realize that Suzuki was this high on the list. I looked up the top 6(edit to include top 7) all time including Minor League hit totals...


1)Rose 4683
2)Cobb 4355
3)Aaron 4095
4)Statz 4093
5)Musial 4001
6)Suzuki 4000
7)Speaker 3965

Andrew J reminded me about Statz, thanks. I did not realize Statz had that many MLB hits.

[HRBAKER]

Quite the accomplishment!

[batsballsbases]

Congrats to Ichiro saw the hit ,a class act all the way.

[AndrewJerome]

As a life long M's fan, great to see Ichiro get to 4,000.

Adding up MLB and minor league hits, don't forget about Jigger Statz: 737 MLB + 3,356 = 4,093 total.

Andrew

[conor912]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I did not realize that Suzuki was this high on the list. I looked up the top 6(edit to include top 7) all time including Minor League hit totals...


1)Rose 4683
2)Cobb 4355
3)Aaron 4095
4)Statz 4093
5)Musial 4001
6)Suzuki 4000
7)Speaker 3965

Barring injury, he'll slide into #3 all time with no problems. He turns 40 in October, but even two more mediocre seasons gets him past Cobb....will be fun to watch for sure.

[ethicsprof]

you have said quite well what I, too, believe.
a monumental achievement by Suzuki at many levels.
all the best,
barry

[bbcp]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I did not realize that Suzuki was this high on the list. I looked up the top 6(edit to include top 7) all time including Minor League hit totals...


1)Rose 4683
2)Cobb 4355
3)Aaron 4095
4)Statz 4093
5)Musial 4001
6)Suzuki 4000
7)Speaker 3965

Andrew J reminded me about Statz, thanks. I did not realize Statz had that many MLB hits.

For Ichiro, you probably should include his minor league stats when in Japan. He played for the Orix Western League farm team in 1992 and1993, but I cannot locate a source showing his hit totals for these years. If counting "professional" hits, he also had 67 hits fot the 1993 Hilo Stars in the Hawaiian Winter Baseball League.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by bbcp

... he also had 67 hits fot the 1993 Hilo Stars in the Hawaiian Winter Baseball League.

Winter League.. Now that's really opening a can of worms because I think it was pretty normal for guys from the Mays/Aaron era to play winter ball regularly. And, if you add winter, I say throw in postseason/AS game (those old AS double headers would add up quick), and spring training.

As an aside, I wonder how many pro (all leagues, all countries) wins Spahn has.. Or how many games Feller won including barnstorming tours, and any pitching he may have done in the Navy

I'd play around on google myself, but am working strictly from the phone today.

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by conor912

He had 1278 hits in Japan, which puts him at 5,278 lifetime. Combine whatever leagues you want (minors, majors, Japan, Mexico, etc) and no other player in the history of the game comes close to that.

You might want to check your stats on Ichiro. He doesn't have 4k MLB hits.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by t206hound

You might want to check your stats on Ichiro. He doesn't have 4k MLB hits.

ah, my mistake. then he sucks