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Originally Posted by veleno45
I think Luke Appling finished his career just over 200 hits short of 3000, yet I think he lost almost 2 years to the war. If your numbers puts him over 3k hits, I think you have to petition for him to be an honorary 3k hit club member.
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Chris, there have been a few players, some of the greats of the game, that just missed a big milestone, and I've always wondered why they didn't come back to at least achieve that milestone.
I'd be a team player first, of course. But if I finished a season with 499 home runs, you can bet I'd play one more year.
Sam Rice missed the 3,000 hit club by 13. Sam Crawford by 39. Frank Robinson by 57.
But one of the guys that really killed me was Al Kaline. 399 home runs. Same with Andres Galarraga. Dale Murphy hit 398 bombs.
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