This Day In Baseball
History: June 22, 1982
It was on this day in 1982 that
Philadelphia Phillies’ first baseman Pete Rose moved past Hank Aaron into
second place on baseball’s all-time hits list in a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals at
St. Louis’s Busch Stadium. The hit, number 3772 of his career, came in the top
of the third when he doubled of Cards’ starting pitcher John Stuper.
It would be another three years
before Rose would pass Ty Cobb to become number one on that list and he would
eventually retire with 4256 hits. Since that time, no other player has even
come close to reaching that mark. In fact, only two players have come within
1000 hits of Rose’s total.
The first was Paul Molitor who
finished his career in 1998 with 3319 hits. The other was Derek Jeter who
retired after the 2014 season with 3465 hits. It doesn’t appear likely that
anyone will challenge Rose’s record anytime soon as the current active leader
is Alex Rodriguez who, at the age of 40, has tallied 3084 hits in his career.
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