Jeter Joins A.L. Hit Kings List
Posted by Steve L. on April 15th, 2009 · Comments (6)
Via Lee Sinins today: Derek Jeter has moved into the top 20 for the “A.L. All-Time” list for “Career Hits Vs. The League Average.” (See below.)
HITS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Ty Cobb 1453 4189 2736 2 Tris Speaker 978 3514 2536 3 Rod Carew 825 3053 2228 4 Ted Williams 820 2654 1834 5 Wade Boggs 793 3010 2217 6 Nap Lajoie 783 2521 1738 7 Eddie Collins 718 3312 2594 8 Babe Ruth 685 2860 2175 9 George Brett 613 3154 2541 10 Joe Jackson 608 1774 1166 11 Paul Molitor 606 3319 2713 12 Harry Heilmann 591 2499 1908 13 Al Simmons 585 2831 2246 14 Lou Gehrig 575 2721 2146 15 Sam Crawford 566 2466 1900 16 George Sisler 564 2307 1743 17 Kirby Puckett 539 2304 1765 18 Al Kaline 527 3007 2480 19 Ichiro Suzuki 482 1805 1323 20 Derek Jeter 481 2544 2063
Lotta “brand names” on this list. Nice company for Jeter to join.
i woulda loved to have seen cobb play, talk about grit
Wow, good for Jeet. That really is an impressive group of players.
And Corey, have you read “The Glory Of Their Times”? A lot of great stories about Cobb in that book. The way he played the game was remarkable.
I highly recommend “Cobb: A Biography” by Al Stump. One of my all-time favs.
Ty Cobb: the original Great Player/Enormous Jerk prototype. He fought with everyone, opposing players, fans, his own teammates, everyone. He was also accused of “laying down” in games later in his career. But he was undeniably great.
Well, maybe Cap Anson actually deserves 1st call on the Great Player/Enormous Jerk list. But Cobb isn’t far behind.
DJ is behind Joe Jackson, you mean the Stepping Out guy played baseball?
I’m more shocked at Kirby Puckett being on that list let alone, that he is ahead of Jete. I mean Kirby was a very good player/HOF BUT he’s never been one of my faves.Yeah, I know his prodigious numbers etc so on but Jete is a better player to me. I loved reading about Cobb back in the 70s and somehow those childhood books for teenagers left out all the asshole stories out! It was great to see Rod Carew on this list it was a joy to see him play in the 70s and 80s.
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