Hits by shortstops, through the age of 29:
HITS H
1 Alex Rodriguez 1901
2 Robin Yount 1856
3 George Davis 1723
4 Arky Vaughan 1709
5 Edgar Renteria 1595
6 Dick Bartell 1553
7 Cal Ripken 1552
8 Derek Jeter 1546
9 Joe Sewell 1516
10 Alan Trammell 1505
(The Sabermetric Encyclopedia rates Harvey Kuenn a shortstop, which would put him ninth on the list with 1518, but he played more games in the outfield than at short – he was moved off the position at 26 — and I consider him an outfielder.)
If Renteria is actually 28, not 29, then he moves to third on that list behind only Yount and A-Rod. All the eligible players on the list but Trammell and Bartell are in the Hall of Fame, and I think Trammell will probably make it in someday — albeit not anytime soon. A-Rod, Ripken, and Jeter should all make it in easily. Bill James projects Renteria with a 31% chance of 3000 hits, sixth-best among active players. That’s if he was 29 last year, it rises if he was 28.
Wow, interesting, and a reminder that Rentaria still has some upside if he stops wanting to be a mid-order RBI hitter
“NO SHTT!” observation of the day
It helps to come up at age 20 as far as racking up career #s goes
Mac, sorry to post off topic, but are you or anyone else interested on how Merkin Valdez will do this year w/the Giants. Valdez was apart of the deal we gave for Russ Ortiz. I heard the Giants will use him out of the pen and possibly as their closer.
Adam, the Giants already have Armando Ben?tez as their closer.
Adam, didn’t you know that Benitez is a lock for 50 saves in 2006?