Oddities in Sports

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Oddities in Sports

Derek Jeter Ties Lou Gehrig for Yankees Hit Record


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Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig are tied at the top.

New York Yankees' Derek Jeter tips his cap after hitting a single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The hit tied Jeter with Lou Gehrig for most hits by a Yankee.

Jeter matched the New York Yankees record for hits with a seventh-inning single Wednesday night against Tampa Bay. Jeter's third hit of the game gave him 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, tying a mark held by Gehrig for more than 70 years.http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=8533478

I found it odd that looking back at all the great Yankee players there has not been a 3,000 hit career record on their books. Babe Ruth who had a 26 year career only had 2,873 major league hits. Roberto Clement hit exactly 3,000.


(http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=8533478)

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There are actually only 13 players with 3,000 hits with one team. Jeter will surely be the 14th.

3,900 Ty Cobb (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbty01.shtml) DET

3,630 Stan Musial (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/musiast01.shtml)STL
3,600 Hank Aaron (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml) MLN/ATL

3,419 Carl Yastrzemski (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yastrca01.shtml) BOS

3,358 Pete Rose (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosepe01.shtml) CIN

3,187 Willie Mays (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayswi01.shtml) NYG/SFG
3,184 Cal Ripken (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ripkeca01.shtml)BAL
3,154 George Brett (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brettge01.shtml) KCR
3,142 Robin Yount (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yountro01.shtml) MIL
3,141 Tony Gwynn (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gwynnto01.shtml) SDL

3,060 Craig Biggio (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/biggicr01.shtml) HOU
3,007 Al Kaline (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kalinal01.shtml) DET
3,000 Roberto Clemente (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero01.shtml) PIT