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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Ichiro had three hits on Wednesday against the Royals to reach the 200-hit plateau for the eighth consecutive year. That feat ties the Major League record set by [Willie] Keeler from 1894 through 1901.
Ichiro also set an American League record, surpassing the seven consecutive seasons in which Wade Boggs had 200 or more hits.
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Posted: September 18, 2008 at 01:21 AM | 31 comment(s)
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Hit 'em where they ate.
But if Ichiro had played in the U.S. all along, that's a player who had the skills to catch Rose...
Does he also have nunchaku skills, bow hunting skills, and/or computer hacking skills?
AO
After his dismal April, it seems he packed away the power stroke and worked on making contact so he could collect his hits and get his average up to .300. The average is good, his OBP is decent, but he has just no power this year.
Pfft. This is a bad and biased record.
Not across the board, but my favorite has always been (well, since I noticed it) Mookie Wilson's BA:
1981 271
1982 279
1983 276
1984 276
1985 276
1981 - 156
1982 - 156
1983 - 156
1984 - 156
and Albert Pujols' at-bats:
2001 - 590
2002 - 590
2003 - 591
2004 - 592
2005 - 591
Vinny Castilla 1997: .304/40/113
maybe someone should tell him to put it in one of the many coordinates that would result with a double every once in a while
1998: .270
1999: .268
2000: .268
2001: .269
in keeler's favor: big outfields, fewer hard-throwing relief pitchers, poor quality fields (lucky bounces), small/bad gloves on fielders
in ichiro's favor: 162 game sked, emphasis on offense means lower quality fielders (highly debatable), better training methods
one could say the training method advantage is a wash since everybody trains harder now. i don't know. maybe i'm missing something, but it just seems like this is a bigger accomplishment. i'm not saying i think he's necessarily the best player ever or anything. modern stat keeping seems to show his numbers have a slightly hollow ring (low OPS).
1) Richie Ashburn would take a walk
2) Richie Ashburn was all he was cracked up to be defensively
When Pedroia got 200 hits Balckadder reacted like Lee Sinins would if Lee heard about a nohitter.
I guessed Tony Gwynn, but he "only" has seven.
1) The downgrading of Ichiro because he doesn't walk a lot is tiresome
2) Ichiro's not exactly shabby with the glove
1982 - 21
1983 - 22
1984 - 23
1985 - 23
1986 - 23
1987 - 23
1988 - 25
Any other power hitting regular ever post the exact same total four years in a row?
I also like Palmeiro's homerun palindrome:
1997 - 38
1998 - 43
1999 - 47
2000 - 39
2001 - 47
2002 - 43
2003 - 38
Suzuki: 315 SB, 70 CS
2) Ichiro's not exactly shabby with the glove
1) Don't compare him to Richie Ashburn if you don't want people to point out the ways Ashburn was better
2) "Not shabby" = "not all he's cracked up to be"
Kevin McReynolds had 96 RBI, 95 RBI, and 99 RBI consecutively (and never did have a 100-RBI season). He also had 26/29/27 HRs, 31/32/30 doubles, 89/86/82 runs, and 161/163/159 hits.
Tiresome doesn't make it wrong.
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