Can He Beat Pete Rose?

[jcbarr]

Me either. I was very suprised to see someone hit that many in that era.

[jcbarr]

Ichiro Suzuki

Only one word comes to mind when I think about this guy's career...

WOW

Ichiro played until he was 50 years old. His last season began at the ripe old age of 49 and amazingly enough it was the best season that he had in the last 5. The guy came to play EVERY day. He rarely missed a game for the first 18 years of his career. From 1992 to 2010 he failed to compile 200 hits only once, and that year (2005) he still had 199.

Just think about this fact; he scored more runs than most hall of fame players have career hits!

He is the most consistent baseball player that I have ever seen play the game.

Major Accomplishments:
4950 Games Played
3820 Runs Scored
1102 Doubles
276 Triples
632 Home Runs
2699 RBI
741 Stolen Bases
.293 Career Batting Average
5965 Career Hits



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[gRYFYN1]

Wow, He missed 10 games out of his 1st 3100! and he 600+ HRs!, those number are mindboggling!!

[rockiesfan4ever]

He played an average of 160 games every year for 31 years

[metsguy234]

So close to 6,000 hits...

[JeepGuy63]

Anyone ever consider simming Pete Rose to see if he could beat Pete Rose?

[jcbarr]

Ahh...you spoiled the ending

[dannymac910]

Who was the %1 that didn't vote for Ichiro?

[DarthJaker]

Barry Bonds

[JeepGuy63]

Ahh...you spoiled the ending

Oops .... my bad.

I have a feeling that while he might play longer than he did in real life, his numbers aren't going to approach anything near what Ichiro did.

[jcbarr]

I don't think he will get anywhere near Ichiro. That was just plain crazy. That guy had a health rating of 95 until he was 40, which is just crazy. Most guys that I watch have their health rating fall when they reach about 32-34 normally.

[jcbarr]

Don Mattingly (Donnie Baseball)

At age 19 in 1980 Don hit .274 with 20 home runs and 90 RBI, somehow he did not manage to win rookie of the year. That never bothered him though. Mattingly was a team player in every sense of the word. When Steinbrenner told him to cut his sideburns, he did so with no questions asked. When he needed to hit for average, he did it. When he needed to hit for power, he had no issue with that either. Don spent 24 years in the major leagues. He just couldn't give up the game no matter how bad his back and knees where. Mattingly finally hung up the spike after the 2003 season and went in to history as one of the finest Yankees, and baseball players in general, to ever have played the game.

Major Accomplishments:
14 All Star Games
4 MVP Awards ('86,'90,'91,'92)
2 Gold Gloves ('80,'81)
24 Career Grand Slams
6 World Championships
900 Career Doubles
.293 Career Batting Average
733 Career Home Runs
2796 Career RBI
4116 Career Hits

He came oh so close to breaking both the career hits and home run mark, but in the end it just wasn't meant to be.



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[jcbarr]

Joe Mauer

Initially I didn't think that Mauer would even come close to breaking any kind of career records. The position that he plays just does not lend itself to lengthy and productive careers. Mauer though did not disappoint, he had by far the longest career that any catcher has ever had for me inside the game. He was very successful as well and played at a very high level all the way up to the end. He never won an MVP or a World Series, but he played extremely well over his 29 years, yes that's right, 29 seasons.

Major Accomplishments:
10 All Star Games
1 Gold Glove
13 Grand Slams
441 Home Runs
2304 RBI
4401 Games Played
4858 Hits




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