Will Ichiro get the * from Maris?

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Posted By: Batman - Statman

They could introduce a new stat called HPG (hits per game). I'm pretty sure that would clarify a record for most hits per game. Extrapolating George Sisler's record of 257 hits (1920) in 154 games to a 162 game schedule would yield him with about 270 hits or 1.66883 hits per game. That's impressive. Only problem is that his 257 hits would not be the best HPG stat. There was a player that had 246 hits in 142 games or 1.73239 HPG. That would extrapolate out to an amazing 280 hits in a 162 game season. The HPG king is George Sisler!!! He had 246 hits in 142 games in 1922. That's a testament to consistency and what a great player George Sisler was.

Lets look at Ichiro. If he were to get 258 hits in a 162 game season that would be 1.5926 HPG. At the current pace he is going (a .373 clip) he'd have to have have 691 at bats.

Records are made to be broken and great players will never be forgotten. George Sisler will forever be alive in Cooperstown and in baseball history books. 70 years from now people will wonder who Ichiro was. There will be someone else in the lime light years from now. Who knows where that person will be from - Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa or even from another planet.

Baseball is a great game of stats and hero's -

Signed,

Statman