This Day In Baseball History: September 16, 1993 and 1996

                Today, This Day In Baseball History will feature two ex-Toronto Blue Jays collecting the 3000^th hit of their careers. Although it happened in different years, both players reached the milestone wearing the uniform of the Minnesota Twins.

September 16, 1993

                It was on this day in 1993 that Minnesota Twins’ designated hitter, Dave Winfield, singled off of Oakland Athletics’ closer Dennis Eckersley for the 3000^th hit of his career. The Twins would win the game by a score of 5-4 in eleven innings with Winfield going 2 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored. He would finish his career with 3110 hits and be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.

September 16, 1996

                It was on this day in 1996 that Minnesota Twins’ designated hitter, Paul Molitor, tripled in the fifth inning off of Kansas City Royals’ pitcher Jose Rosado to collect the 3000^th hit of his career. He becomes the first player in baseball history to reach the milestone with a triple. Molitor would collect over 200 hits in 1996 becoming the first player in history to collect 200 hits and reach the 3000 milestone during the same season. He would end his career with 3319 hits, good enough for ninth on the all-time list at the time of his retirement (Derek Jeter has since moved into sixth place, bumping Molitor to tenth). The Twins would lose the game to the Royals 6-5.

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