The Hammock Papers: Peach.

18 July 2011

Peach.

On this date in 1927, Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,000th career hit.

With Derek Jeter reaching the 3,000 hit-mark recently, I thought it would be neat to compare their stats.

Batting Average
1. Ty Cobb: .366
2. Tris Speaker: .345
3. Tony Gwynn: .338
Nap Lajoie: .338
5. Cap Anson: .334
13. Derek Jeter: .312
28. Cal Ripken: .276

On-Base Percentage
1. Ty Cobb: .433
2. Tris Speaker: .428
3. Eddie Collins: .424
4. Stan Musial: .417
5. Wade Boggs: .415
13. Derek Jeter: .383
28. Cal Ripken: .340

Home Runs
1. Hank Aaron: 755
2. Willie Mays: 660
3. Rafael Palmeiro: 569
4. Eddie Murray: 504
5. Stan Musial: 475
15. Derek Jeter: 237
28. Eddie Collins: 478

RBIs
1. Hank Aaron: 2,297
2. Cap Anson: 2,075
3. Stan Musial: 1,951
4. Eddie Murray: 1,917
5. Willie Mays: 1,903
23. Derek Jeter: 1,158
28. Lou Brock: 900

Stolen Bases
1. Rickey Henderson: 1,406
2. Lou Brock: 938
3. Ty Cobb: 897
4. Eddie Collins: 741
5. Honus Wagner: 723
12. Derek Jeter: 330
28. Wade Boggs: 248

Runs
1. Rickey Henderson: 2,295
2. Ty Cobb: 2,246
3. Hank Aaron: 2,174
4. Pete Rose: 2,165
5. Willie Mays: 2,062
14. Derek Jeter: 1,726
28. Tony Gwynn: 1,383

OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging)
1. Stan Musial: .976
2. Ty Cobb: .945
3. Willie Mays: .941
4. Hank Aaron: .928
Tris Speaker: .928
19. Derek Jeter: .832
28. Lou Brock: .753

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