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September 06, 2005
Jeter & Rose
In his first 1,366 games, through the season in which he turned age 30, Derek Jeter had 1,734 hits.
In his first 1,383 games, through the season in which he turned age 30, Pete Rose had 1,724 hits.
Petey had 1,922 hits through the season where he turned thirty-one. Jeter should be right about there at the end of this season as well.
Hmmmm.
Of course, Rose went on to play until he was age 45. I do not think Jeter will do that.
But, if Jeter continues to mirror Rose with his hits production, Derek should get career hit # 3,000 some time in the summer of 2011. Considering that no one has ever had 3,000 hits in a Yankees uniform, this would be an impressive feat.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at September 6, 2005 11:20 PM
Comments
Yeah, that'd be awesome. Didn't realize no one has ever reached 3,000 (or even 2,722) as a Yankee.
Posted by: Patrick at September 7, 2005 10:33 AM
That's because Lou Gehrig's career ended early. If you look at what numbers Gehrig could have had if it wasn't for ALS the mind boggles.
Posted by: Don at September 7, 2005 02:07 PM
Does anyone else cringe when people bring up Ripken breaking Gehrig's streak? If it wasn't for ALS, Gehrig's streak would've been much longer, most likely. I guess that's part of the deal, avoiding all kinds of calamities to still appear in ball games.
Posted by: JeremyM at September 8, 2005 08:59 PM
Where is everybody? I hope Steve and family are okay.
Posted by: Don at September 9, 2005 01:07 AM
I sent Steve an email and got an "out-of-office" reply saying he will have email access again on the 12th. Hopefully everything is ok.
If you need a place to vent, feel free to commence your daily bitching (and I mean that in the nicest way) on my blog until Steve gets back. (I hope he doesn't mind a little self-promotion:-)
Posted by: Jen at September 9, 2005 02:00 AM