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Listed are all Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB. Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb, second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits.
In an 18-year career with the Seattle Mariners, primarily as a designated hitter, Martínez batted.312, with 309 career home runs and 1,261 runs batted in. [ 4 ] In 2020 , Major League Baseball allowed the use of the designated hitter for the National League (NL) in addition to the American League, expanding eligibility for the award to ...
List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise; List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat; List of Major League Baseball players who completed an unassisted triple play; List of Major League Baseball no-hitters. List of Major League Baseball perfect games
The Edgar Martínez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, commonly referred to as the Edgar Martínez Award and originally known as the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, has been presented annually to the most outstanding designated hitter in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1973. It is named for Hall of Fame designated hitter Edgar Martinez ...
The universal designated hitter has been part of Major League Baseball for two full seasons and, much to the chagrin of some National League traditionalists, the sport has survived and even thrived.
Stanton is a .309 hitter with 10 homers and a 1.086 OPS in 25 career games at Dodger Stadium, where he grew up watching the Dodgers from the left-field bleachers.
A designated hitter reduces the need for late-inning pinch hitters. [70] Advocates of the designated hitter [71] [72] point to the extension of many careers it has enabled, and, in a few cases, created long, productive careers for players who are weak fielders or have a history of injuries, such as Cecil Fielder and David Ortiz.
Pages in category "Major League Baseball designated hitters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 207 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .