New York Yankees star Aaron Judge joined the 1,000-hit membership Monday night time. Choose reached the milestone with a line-drive single to proper area off Washington Nationals lefty Jose Ferrer at Nationals Park (GameTracker). Earlier this month he became the fastest player to 300 homers. He’s the fifty fifth energetic participant with 1,000 hits.
Right here is Choose’s 1,000th large league hit:
Choose has 1,000 profession hits and likewise 308 profession residence runs. Solely Mark McGwire had extra residence runs on the time of his 1,000th hit. He had 311. In reality, Choose and McGwire are the one gamers in baseball historical past to achieve 300 residence runs earlier than 1,000 hits.
Choose entered play Monday with a .333/.465/.736 batting line and probably the most residence runs (51) and RBI (122) in baseball. He additionally leads all gamers with 9.4 WAR. Choose is having a traditionally nice season, among the finest ever by a right-handed hitter, and not simply because he hits a lot of home runs.
“I bought up to now attempting to be an excellent hitter and an excellent teammate, so that is what I’ll attempt to do,” Choose mentioned this previous weekend (via MLB.com). “I really feel like if I can do this, we are able to lookup on the finish of the 12 months, and I believe the numbers will likely be the place they’re purported to be.”
Choose is the forty second participant to file 1,000 hits with the Yankees. He might transfer into the highest 30 of the franchise’s all-time hits record by the tip of subsequent season. Choose is already seventh in Yankees historical past in residence runs.
The Yankees are in first place within the AL East with a 78-54 file. They’re two video games up on the idle Baltimore Orioles.
