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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Times On Base v Hits

By Tangotiger, 11:59 AM

There have been 469 times a batter got at least 200 hits since 1901. There have been 466 times that a batter reached base at least 278 times (thank you b-r.com). Yes, I know, “278” is not as snazzy. I’m only interested in showing the equivalent rarity.

n Player
13 Lou Gehrig

10 Babe Ruth
10 Stan Musial
10 Ted Williams

9 Barry Bonds
9 Pete Rose

8 Jimmie Foxx
8 Rogers Hornsby

7 Alex Rodriguez
7 Bobby Abreu
7 Frank Thomas
7 Paul Waner
7 Todd Helton
7 Wade Boggs

6 Charlie Gehringer
6 Jeff Bagwell
6 Mel Ott

5 Albert Pujols
5 Eddie Collins
5 Eddie Yost
5 Edgar Martinez
5 Ichiro Suzuki
5 Jason Giambi
5 Ty Cobb

~~Please, shove hits out the window. Walks count. Getting hit by a pitch counts.~~

Please, shove all the hits-only talk out the window. Walks also count. Getting hit by a pitch counts. Hits count. It’s about getting on base. Yes, hits matter. But, getting on base matters more.

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