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Baseball blogger Craig Robinson, whose often wacky and always engaging diagrams populate the new book Flip Flop Fly Ball, shares his unique take on Derek Jeter's march to 3,000 hits
3,000 HITS
NOW BATTING FOR THE YANKEES, NUMBER 2, DEREK JETER, NUMBER 2
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2,221 SINGLES, 480 DOUBLES, 62 TRIPLES, 237 HOME RUNS
ALSO
78 ALDS HITS
57 ALCS HITS
50 WORLD SERIES HITS
10 ALL-STARGAME HITS
Jeter has at least five hits against every team in the majors and has hit in each of the 39 ball parks he has played in.
PLATE APPEARANCES PER 500 HITS
1-500 hits: 1,845 PAs 500th: 7/20/98 vs. Detroit at Yankee Stadium
501-1,000 hits: 1,697 PAs 1,000th: 9/25/00 vs. Detroit at Yankee Stadium
1,001-1,500 hits: 1,827 PAs 1,500th: 8/16/03 vs. Baltimore at Camden Yards
1,501-2,000 hits: 1,839 PAs 2,000th: 5/26/06 vs. Kansas City at Yankee Stadium
2,001-2,500 hits: 1,755 PAs 2,500th: 8/22/08 vs. Baltimore at Camden Yards
2,501-3,000 hits: 1,899 PAs 3,000th: 7/9/11 vs. Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium
THE 3,000-HIT CLUB
PETE ROSE 4,256
TY COBB 4,189
HANK AARON 3,771
STAN MUSIAL 3,630
TRIS SPEAKER 3,514
CAP ANSON 3,435
HONUS WAGNER 3,420
CARL YASTRZEMSKI 3,419
PAUL MOLITOR 3,319
EDDIE COLLINS 3,315
WILLIE MAYS 3,283
EDDIE MURRAY 3,255
NAP LAJOIE 3,242
CAL RIPKEN JR. 3,184
GEORGE BRETT 3,154
PAUL WANER 3,152
ROBIN YOUNT 3,142
TONY GWYNN 3,141
DAVE WINFIELD 3,110
CRAIG BIGGIO 3,060
RICKEY HENDERSON 3,055
ROD CAREW 3,053
LOU BROCK 3,023
RAFAEL PAL MEIRO 3,020
WADE BOGGS 3,010
AL KALINE 3,007
DEREK JETER 3,004
ROBERTO CLEMENTE 3,000
JETER'S 3,000
WHERE
HOME 1,510
ROAD 1,490
WHEN
NIGHT 1,920
DAY 1,080
PITCHERS
RHP 2,204
LHP 796
NUMBER OF PLATE APPEARANCES TO REACH 3,000 HITS (THOUSANDS)
9
*NAP LAJOIE 9,125
*TY COBB 9,190
*CAP ANSON 9,547
TONY GWYNN 9,785
*HONUS WAGNER 9,818
10
*TRIS SPEAKER 10,118
*PAUL WANER 10,122
STAN MUSIAL 10,170
ROBERTO CLEMENTE 10,212
ROD CAREW 10,340
HANK AARON 10,675
WADE BOGGS 10,706
PETE ROSE 10,831
DEREK JETER 10,862
*EDDIE COLLINS 10,905
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PAUL MOLITOR 10,955
GEORGE BRETT 11,001
LOU BROCK 11,123
WILLIE MAYS 11,163
AL KALINE 11,567
ROBIN YOUNT 11,639
EDDIE MURRAY 11,764
DAVE WINFIELD 11,859
RAFAEL PALMEIRO 11,954
12
CAL RIPKEN JR. 12,071
CARL YASTRZEMSKI 12,192
CRAIG BIGGIO 12,252
13
RICKEY HENDERSON 13,040
*Some box scores from baseball's early years are unavailable; number represents the minimum possible plate appearances per existing records
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