Sam Rice. Sam Rice of the Washington Senators was 40 years old when he got 207 base hits in the 1930 season. He was born February 20, 1890. Paul Molitor of the Minnesota Twins turned 40 years old in the 1996 season when he had 225 base hits. He was born August 22, 1956.
* Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) 213 hits * Dustin Pedroia (BOS) 213 hits * Jose Reyes (NYM) 204 hits
None. In fact the only player to ever go 20/20/20 was current Tiger great Curtis Granderson in 2007. He only had 185 hits though.
Tip O'Neill of the 1887 Cardinals, then known as the Browns, with 225 base hits. 1887 was the one season in MLB when walks were considered as base hits. When you add O'Neill's 50 walks to his 225 hits he winds up with 275. MLB considers O'Neill to have had 275 hits where most statisticians consider O'Neill to have 225.
29.4% Source: Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.
I will interpret this question as "which active baseball players have had a 200-hit season at some point in his career?" 33 different active players have had a 200-hit season. Visit the link below for the list. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/MhWqb
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Sam Rice. Sam Rice of the Washington Senators was 40 years old when he got 207 base hits in the 1930 season. He was born February 20, 1890. Paul Molitor of the Minnesota Twins turned 40 years old in the 1996 season when he had 225 base hits. He was born August 22, 1956.
* Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) 213 hits * Dustin Pedroia (BOS) 213 hits * Jose Reyes (NYM) 204 hits
It's happened 72 times. The record is 4, accomplished twice: by the '37 Tigers and the '29 Phillies.
In 2010, the Seattle Mariners outfielder had 214 hits in 680 at bats for a .315 batting average. It was the 10th consecutive season that Ichiro had more than 200 hits.
None. In fact the only player to ever go 20/20/20 was current Tiger great Curtis Granderson in 2007. He only had 185 hits though.
184, 16 short of have 11 consecutive 200+ hit seasons.
Yes ... through the 2012 season, Sam Rice and Paul Molitor are the only two major leaguers who have reached 200+ base hits in a season at the age of 40. Rice had 207 hits for the 1930 Washington Senators and Molitor had 225 hits for the 1996 Minnesota Twins.
Through the 2008 season: 1) Ellis Burks - 211 hits in 1996 2) Larry Walker - 208 hits in 1997 3) Dante Bichette - 219 hits in 1998 4) Vinny Castilla - 206 hits in 1998 5) Todd Helton - 216 hits in 2000, 209 hits in 2003 6) Juan Pierre - 202 hits in 2001 7) Matt Holliday - 216 hits in 2007
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Approximately 200 players, as of 2008.