Baseball loves the round numbers and in honor of that, we salute Ichiro Suzuki who last night picked up hit #2500. Finding positives about Ichiro are getting harder to find, but last night in the Mariners 12-9 10-inning victory over the Diamondbacks, Ichiro had two doubles, two singles, a sac fly, two RBI and two runs scored.
Ichiro entered the game with a .282 on-base percentage and left the game boosting it to .290, to go along with his .265 batting average.
It was Ichiro’s 48th game with at least four-hits.
Here are the leaders in 4+ hit games since 1918:
| Rk | Player | #Matching |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Rose | 73 |
| 2 | Stan Musial | 67 |
| 3 | Paul Molitor | 62 |
| 4 | Wade Boggs | 62 |
| 5 | Paul Waner | 61 |
| 6 | George Brett | 61 |
| 7 | George Sisler | 60 |
| 8 | Al Simmons | 60 |
| 9 | Heinie Manush | 59 |
| 10 | Charlie Gehringer | 58 |
| 11 | Rod Carew | 58 |
| 12 | Sam Rice | 55 |
| 13 | Lou Gehrig | 53 |
| 14 | Joe Medwick | 51 |
| 15 | Harry Heilmann | 50 |
| 16 | Hank Aaron | 49 |
| 17 | Ichiro Suzuki | 48 |
| 18 | Bill Terry | 47 |
| 19 | Kirby Puckett | 47 |
| 20 | Roberto Clemente | 47 |
