Craig Biggio quitting baseball on Sept. 30

Top 20 active players in hits


Rank Player (age) Hits Bats
1. Craig Biggio (41) 3014 R
2. Barry Bonds* (42) 2906 L
3. Julio Franco (48) 2579 R
4. Omar Vizquel# (40) 2552 B
5. Steve Finley* (42) 2548 L
6. Ken Griffey* (37) 2503 L
7. Gary Sheffield (38) 2495 R
8. Luis Gonzalez* (39) 2469 L
9. Ivan Rodriguez (35) 2449 R
10. Sammy Sosa (38) 2379 R
11. Kenny Lofton* (40) 2376 L
12. Frank Thomas (39) 2343 R
13. Jeff Kent (39) 2286 R
14. Derek Jeter (33) 2283 R
15. Alex Rodriguez (31) 2181 R
16. Manny Ramirez (35) 2169 R
17. Garret Anderson* (35) 2137 L
18. Mike Piazza (38) 2075 R
19. Chipper Jones# (35) 2044 B
20. Moises Alou (40) 2040 R

 

If Franco can just hang around until he's 70, he'll make it to 3K

 

It shouldn't officially have an impact, but some voters enjoy ignoring things like standards and stats. He'll get a few extra votes based on having about 4,000 hits between the two leagues.

 

When it's all said and done, I don't think it'll matter if Ichiro's got 3,000 hits or 2,800. His impact for 15 productive years, providing he makes it that long, should be enough to get him in; 3,000 isn't the only parameter for induction.

 

How many of these guys WON'T make the Hall?

 

Wow. The only guys on that list who have a shot at 3,000 before the insufferable pair of Yankees are Bonds and, MAYBE, Pudge. If he continues to produce over the next three years as he has the last three years, he'll be right on the doorstep after the 2010 season. Of course, he'll also be 39 that fall, so there's no guarantee he's going to remain this productive, nor that he'll want to stick around to get to 3K. He's a Hall of Famer right this second.

 

I'm not sure Kent is in either, Buck.
Very good numbers but was never really considered the best player on his own team let alone a dominant player.

 

Other than Hornsby, and maybe Morgan, he's one of the best hitting second basemen in baseball history, and certainly of his era (Alomar included). As much as I can't stand the guy, I have to believe he's in.

And the best player on his own team is a pretty damn tough standard when he's playing with one of the top 5 players ever.

 

I interviewed Biggio in Phoenix once after the Astros beat the D-backs. He had a bucket of Coronas by his locker and offered me one when I asked if he had a second. Great interview.

 

I agree with the stupid old shithead Spnited. Kent has put up HOF-caliber #s, particularly for a 2B, but he's got a journeyman's resume, he didnt do much at all until his 30s and he wasn't the best player on ANY team on which he played, never mind the Bonds teams.

That, and he's a shithead. and not in the me and Spnited way, either.

Manny's also got HOF #s, but he won't go in on the first ballot because he annoys the electorate.

 

Manny's a fucking lock. Or should be anyway.