Can He Beat Pete Rose?

[Yankeesfan924]

Derek Jeter, he has a shot in real life.

[FatMike58]

Ichiro is going to destroy the record....he'll get 5000...write it down.

(not in real life)

[slowpokemcgee]

Honus Wagner
Tris Speaker
Hank Aaron
Paul Molitor
Willie Mays

[jcbarr]

Ichiro is going to destroy the record....he'll get 5000...write it down.

(not in real life)

Who is gonna start collecting the money and working the odds for us? I want to know who I should put my five spot on

[Yankees Fan]

I'd put Most of my money on Ted Williams, and the rest on Ichiro.
Joe Mauer Doesn't stand a chance, catchers don't last long enough.

[SF_Giants]

couple names for later if you do more

Delmon Young and Hank Aaron

[jcbarr]

Arod is having a heck of a career right now. He might break the home run record as well

I'm hoping to get his up later tonight.

[jcbarr]

Alex Rodriguez

The year was 1994 and Alex Rodriguez, affectionately known as Arod, was about to make his major league debut. The hype had been incredible as this 5 tool player was making his way from high school and going straight to the big show.

Arod did not dissappoint;

Career Highlights
1994 Rookie Of The Year
13 All Star Games
2 Gold Gloves
25 Career Grand Slams
13 World Championships

Alex may have played for too long, but who in their right mind is going to turn down over 9 million dollars a year to play for a ball club that is in the playoffs every year. Arod is a shoe in for the hall of fame, and he broke a few records along the way as well.

2945 Runs Scored
822 Doubles
62 Triples
831 Home Runs
2605 Runs Batted In
4093 Hits

[jcbarr]

Wow, just goes to show you that you can hit .274 for your career over 25 seasons and still come up short of Pete Rose. That is a pretty impressive record. I'm not sure if any of these guys is going to break it. ARod seemed to walk too much which cut down on his chances for hits.

[Yankees Fan]

Wow, so close. He had an awesome rookie year. It looks like he peaked at age 26, and went downhill pretty fast after he got to age 31. If he had stayed in his prime until 35, I hate to think of the numbers he'd have put up.

[jcbarr]

Yep, his health rating went down quick after about 30 and his other ratings followed. Eventually he got moved to DH because he couldn't field very well and then I just kept him in the lineup until he retired.

2014 was an interesting year to me. Out of nowhere he became a respectable hitter again after I had thought he was sure going to be a .200 guy until he retired. Nice to see he had one last good season in there

[jcbarr]

Ty Cobb

The man was affectionately known as the "Georgia Peach", but his play was far from sweet. It was hard nosed and raw. Ty had so much talent that most scouts couldn't even begin to put it into words. He began his career in the year of 1905 with the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers were quickly one of the elite teams in the American League and it didn't take Cobb long to make his impact on the team and the league as a whole. Cobb won both the ROY and the MVP in 1905 when he played in 152 games and compiled a .399 batting average. It was the closest that he would ever come to hitting .400 but the fact that he never reached that plateau didn't seem to bother anyone, including himself.

Career Highlights
Rookie Of The Year (1905)
27 All Star Games
16 MVP Awards
9 Gold Gloves
14 Career Grand Slams
25 World Championships
Multiple Time Batting Champ
Multiple Time HR Leader
Multiple Time RBI Leader

Injury History
1915 - Wrist Stress Fracture (2 weeks)
1921 - Broken Cheekbone (2 weeks)
1924 - Broken Hip (9 months)
1926 - Separated Shoulder (3 weeks)

Cobb played at a high level for the better part of 26 seasons. He fell off in his last season when he failed to hit above .200 for the first time in his career at any level. In fact Cobb managed to hit over .300 in 22 of his 27 seasons. He hit better than .350 in 10 years with his highest average coming in 1905 when he hit .399. Ty managed to hit 481 home runs from the lead off spot, something that was and still is unheard of in this game. While he wasn't the best base stealer in the world, he knew how to get on base and he knew how to score once he got there. In his career Cobb scored over 3900 runs. The man ended up with more career triples than most will have home runs. Ty Cobb lifted the city of Detroit and the Tigers on to his shoulders and carried them in to greatness. They will go down as the best team to have ever played professional baseball and have sustained the most impressive dynasty in the history of any sport. Cobb won 25 World Titles, including 20 in a row from 1906 - 1925. There is no doubt that Cobb was the greatest hitter of his time and will retain that title for quite some time, possibly forever.

CAREER HITS: 5244

[jcbarr]

Stan "The Man" Musial

Stan came up in the spring of 1939 as a RF but because of team needs Stan was moved to CF for the 1940 season and spent the rest of his career in that spot until he retired at the age of 43 after the 1964 season. Stan was the leader of the St. Louis Cardinals team for the entire 25 years that he was a part of the team. He was the leading hitter, run scorer and many other things on a team that needed that lift when he first showed up. Stan lead the Cardinals to multiple world titles and gained his spot in Cooperstown and the hearts of baseball fans everywhere.

Stan lead the Cardinals to 21 World Titles, including streaks of 6 (1939-1944), 3 (1946-1948), and 12 (1950-1961).

Career Highlights
Rookie Of The Year (1939)
25 All Star Games
19 MVP Awards
14 Gold Gloves
47 Career Grand Slams
21 World Championships
2 Triple Crowns (1952, 1953)
2 World Series MVP Awards

Best Season
1952: .388 BA, 47 HR, 149 RBI, 164 BB, .765 Slg, .522 OBP, 1.287 OPS

Injury History
1956 - Broken Back Vertabra (6 months)
1962 - Ankle Stress Fracture (2 weeks)
1964 - Ruptured Cervical Disc (3 months)
1964 - Wrist Stress Fracture (3 weeks)

Stan put together probably the greatest career that any man will ever have. He finished with over 900 career home runs, 3000 RBI and a career average of .323. He failed to hit .300 only twice in 26 years and was always the most valuable man that the Cardinals had on the roster. His heart and determination were something that all fans looked up to and they believed that Stan "The Man" could do anything. In September of 1956 Stan suffered what many thought would be a career ending injury. With rehab and plain old guts, Stan was able to come back from a broken back vertebra in time for the start of the 1957 season. He didn't just show up either, he won the NL MVP Award. Words cannot describe the value of his heart determination and skill, but stats may show some light in to how much he had to do with the success of the franchise as a whole.

CAREER HITS: 4529

[GHG83]

Wow! 19 MVP Awards? That's impressive. The most one of my players has ever had was 8 and that was Andy Marte.

[metsguy234]

Try Jose Reyes.