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The 3,000-hit club is the group of 33 batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season hits in their careers in Major League Baseball (MLB). Reaching 3,000 hits has been "long considered the greatest measure of superior bat handling" and is often described as a guarantee of eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Career batting records Statistic Player Record Pirates career Ref Batting average: Jake Stenzel.360 1892–1896 [3] On-base percentage: Jake Stenzel.429 1892–1896 [3] Slugging percentage: Brian Giles.591 1999–2003 [4] On-base plus slugging: Brian Giles: 1.018 1999–2003 [4] Runs: Honus Wagner: 1,521 1900–1917 [5] Plate appearances: Honus ...
Waner led the National League in batting on three occasions and accumulated over 3,000 hits during his 20-year baseball career. He hit 605 doubles, which at the time of his retirement was fifth-most all-time. He collected 200 or more hits on eight occasions, collected 50 or more doubles in three seasons, was voted the NL's Most Valuable Player ...
His batting average was over .300 for 13 seasons and he had 3,000 hits during his major league career. He also was a two-time World Series champion . Clemente was the first player from the Caribbean and Latin America to win a World Series as a starting position player (1960), to receive an NL MVP Award (1966), and to receive a World Series MVP ...
Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente collected 3,000 hits and was named World Series MVP in 1971 Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner led the NL in home runs for seven straight seasons (1946–1952) Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski hit a ninth-inning walk-off home run that decided the 1960 World Series Hall of Famer Willie Stargell was named World Series MVP in ...
In 1960, as the team captain, Groat became the first Pirate to be selected Most Valuable Player since Paul Waner in 1927. He hit .325 to become the first right-handed Pirates hitter to win the batting title since Honus Wagner in 1911. He sat out 20 days after his right wrist was fractured by a Lew Burdette pitch on September 6.
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It was the first no-hitter thrown in Pittsburgh by a Pirate since Nick Maddox in 1907. [ 7 ] July 12, 1997 was Pittsburgh's first non-Opening Day sellout since 1977 ; the crowd of 44,119 saw Francisco Córdova and Ricardo Rincón pitch 10 innings of no-hit, shut out baseball against the Houston Astros . [ 8 ]