This day in baseball: Molitor’s milestones
Posted: August 8, 2013 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: 3 000 hit club, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Eddie Collins, history, Honus Wagner, Lou Brock, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, MLB, Paul Molitor, sports, Ty Cobb 4 CommentsIn a 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on 8 August 1998, Twins DH Paul Molitor goes 5-for-5 with a stolen base. With this performance, he becomes just the fifth player in Major League history to collect 3,000 hits and 500 steals in his career. The other four players? Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, and Lou Brock. Pretty good company!
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and rickey henderson with 3055 hits and an all time record 1406 stolen bases.
His 3,000th hit coming in 2001, putting him just three years behind Molitor.
oh, i see how it reads now. he became the fifth. thank you.
i hope ichiro sticks it out another year, but if his japanese stats are merged with mlb, i think he’s already at 3,000 and 500.
I wouldn’t doubt it. He certainly deserves the recognition.