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Pete Rose
Career Hits:
4,256
Date of 3,000:
5/5/78
Note:
Rose had 3,215 singles
Carl Yastrzemski
Career Hits:
3,419
Date of 3,000:
9/12/79
Note:
Only player to reach 3,000 while with the Red Sox
Paul Molitor
Career Hits:
3,319
Date of 3,000:
9/16/96
Note:
Only player to reach 3,000 while with the Red Sox
Eddie Murray
Career Hits:
3,255
Date of 3,000:
6/30/95
Note:
Most RBI (1,917) among 3,000 hit club members who played in the 1980s.
Cal Ripken Jr.
Career Hits:
3,184
Date of 3,000:
4/15/2000
Note:
Cal collected three hits in the game to reach 3,000 and he was greeted at first base by fellow 3,000 hit club member, and former teammate, Eddie Murray.
George Brett
Career Hits:
3,154
Date of 3,000:
9/30/92
Note:
Most triples (137) among 3,000 hit club members who played in the 1980s. Unfortunately, Brett was picked off after reaching 3,000.
Robin Yount
Career Hits:
3,142
Date of 3,000:
9/30/92
Note:
Yount was greeted at first base by future 3,000 hit club member, and former teammate, Paul Molitor.
Tony Gwynn
Career Hits:
3,141
Date of 3,000:
8/6/99
Note:
Gwynn reached 3,000 on his mother’s birthday and the first base umpire was Kerwin Danley, a former college teammate.
Dave Winfield
Career Hits:
3,110
Date of 3,000:
9/16/93
Note:
Winfield’s 3,000th hit came off fellow future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley.
Craig Biggio
Career Hits:
3,060
Date of 3,000:
6/28/2007
Note:
Biggio had a 5-hit game on the day he reached 3,000. Hit Number 3,000 hit was a single and he was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double.
Rickey Henderson
Career Hits:
3,060
Date of 3,000:
10/7/2001
Note:
Rickey collected his 3,000th hit on the day of Tony Gwynn’s final day in the big leagues. Rickey offered to sit so Gwynn could start.
Rod Carew
Career Hits:
3,053
Date of 3,000:
8/4/85
Note:
Carew was the only player to reach 3,000 hits during the 1980s.
Rafael Palmeiro
Career Hits:
3,020
Date of 3,000:
7/15/2005
Note:
Most homers (569) among 3,000 hit club members who played in the 1980s.
Wade Boggs
Career Hits:
3,010
Date of 3,000:
8/7/99
Note:
Boggs was the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit. Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez have since matched the feat.
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