Chuck Klein reached 1,000 hits the fastest in 683 games. He achieved this record in 1933.
Klein had over 200 hits in five out of his six seasons to begin his career.
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No Asian player has scored 1000 goals as yet.
Joe Mullen, who played for the Blues, Flames, Penguins, and Bruins between 1981-1997, was the first American born player to reach both the 500 goal and 1000 point plateaus. Mullen finished his career with 502 goals and 561 assists for 1063 points.
1985 - Roger Craig
Denis Potvin was the first Defenseman to reach 1000 points.
In MLB, that was Babe Ruth who struckout for the 1000th time in the 1930 season. Ruth was the MLB leader in career strikeouts (with 1330) until 1964 when he was surpassed by Mickey Mantle.