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1980s 3,000 Hit Club

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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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