09/07: No Player Has Ever Hit 3,000 Hits with the Yankees
Posted by: Patrick
Steve Lombardi compares the similiarities in hit counts between Derek Jeter and Pete Rose. They're very close - of course, as he notes and I agree, I don't really see Jeter playing until he is 45. Anyway, he also mentioned this:
Oddly enough, I didn't realize that no one has reached 3,000 hits in the Yankee uniform. Looking it up, no one has reached 2,722, either, with Lou Gehrig being the highest at 2,721. If not for ALS, he probably would have been the first (and only) one to do it. Anyway, I'd love to see Jeter do that. Of course, he's currently 8th on the all time list, so we've got a ways to go.
But, if Jeter continues to mirror Rose with his hits production, Derek should get career hit # 3,000 some time in the summer of 2011. Considering that no one has ever had 3,000 hits in a Yankees uniform, this would be an impressive feat.
Oddly enough, I didn't realize that no one has reached 3,000 hits in the Yankee uniform. Looking it up, no one has reached 2,722, either, with Lou Gehrig being the highest at 2,721. If not for ALS, he probably would have been the first (and only) one to do it. Anyway, I'd love to see Jeter do that. Of course, he's currently 8th on the all time list, so we've got a ways to go.
