On September 23, 2011, shortstop Starlin Castro of the Chicago Cubs became the youngest player in team history to collect 200 hits in a season. Castro, a second-year player for the Cubs, was 21 years and 188 days old when he accomplished the feat. Castro reached the 200-hit mark when he hit a first-inning single in St. Louis off Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter.
In 2000, Brian Hunter played in 72 games for the Colorado Rockies, batting in all of them. He had 200 at bats, getting 55 hits, for a .275 batting average, with 4 sacrifice hits, 0 sacrifice flies, and 13 runs batted in. He was walked 21 times, and was hit by the pitch 1 times. He struck out 31 times. He hit 4 doubles, 1 triples, and 1 home runs.
In 2002, Mark Little played in 61 games for the Colorado Rockies, batting in all of them. He had 105 at bats, getting 21 hits, for a .200 batting average, with 1 sacrifice hits, 0 sacrifice flies, and 5 runs batted in. He was walked 13 times, and was hit by the pitch 4 times. He struck out 28 times. He hit 5 doubles, 2 triples, and 0 home runs.
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.
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
In 1999, Luther Hackman played in 5 games for the Colorado Rockies, batting in all of them. He had 5 at bats, getting 1 hits, for a .200 batting average, with 0 runs batted in. He was walked 0 times. He struck out 3 times. He hit only singles.
In 1994, Mike Munoz pitched in 57 games for the Colorado Rockies, with an ERA of 3.74. He started 0 games and finished 8, pitching no complete games. He threw no shutouts and recorded 1 save, ending up with 4 wins and 2 losses. He pitched a total of 137 outs, facing 200 batters. He gave up 37 hits and 19 earned runs, including 3 home runs. He struck out 32 batters and walked 31.
In 1993, Darren Holmes pitched in 62 games for the Colorado Rockies, with an ERA of 4.05. He started 0 games and finished 51, pitching no complete games. He threw no shutouts and recorded 25 saves, ending up with 3 wins and 3 losses. He pitched a total of 200 outs, facing 274 batters. He gave up 56 hits and 30 earned runs, including 6 home runs. He struck out 60 batters and walked 20.
In 1995, Darren Holmes pitched in 68 games for the Colorado Rockies, with an ERA of 3.24. He started 0 games and finished 33, pitching no complete games. He threw no shutouts and recorded 14 saves, ending up with 6 wins and 1 loss. He pitched a total of 200 outs, facing 286 batters. He gave up 59 hits and 24 earned runs, including 3 home runs. He struck out 61 batters and walked 28.
184, 16 short of have 11 consecutive 200+ hit seasons.
In 1999, Luther Hackman played in 5 games, all for the Colorado Rockies, and batting in all of them. He had 5 at bats, getting 1 hits, for a .200 batting average, with 0 runs batted in. He was walked 0 times. He struck out 3 times. He hit only singles.
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.
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