Will Ken Griffey Jr. get to 3,000 hits?

If he gets as many hits as he did last year, he'll be around 2,800 at year's end. How many more years does he have left?

Discuss.

My thoughts are this, if he decides to get 3000 than he will barring a carear ending injury. I have no doubt that there would be teams willing to keep him on the roster for a few years to come. But my gut tells me no..

Would love to see him make it, but I just don't think he has enough left in the tank.

I'll certainly be cheering him on though.


Craig

He's a "nice" enough a guy to have around that the Mariners will let him stick it out until he does.

The Mariners won't be contending for at least two years, and probably a lot longer so if Griffey can stay healthy...they'll let him reach it.

Yah, the only way I see this happening is if Seattle or another AL team keeps him for another 2 years after this one. He needs about 320 hits and I don't see him doing that in 2 years. Maybe..

Craig - 21hawk said:

Would love to see him make it, but I just don't think he has enough left in the tank.

I'll certainly be cheering him on though.


Craig

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He is one of my favorite players, but I just don't see him getting there - if he can stay healthy and has a big year this season, he might have an outside shot

I'd like to see him play in 2010 as a DH. Keep piling on the homers and get to 3,000 hits.

No, I highly doubt he gets it. 3,000 hit club is pretty tough. Anyone have a list of guys over 2,000 that have a shot. You know Jeter and Arod will make it. Vlad has a chance if he sticks around a long time. Even a guy like Renteria may have a chance. I believe he is over 2,000 and still in his early 30's. Would be interesting topic on who will be the next 3,000 hit club guys. Bonds would, but looks like no one will sign him.

matchpenalty said:

No, I highly doubt he gets it. 3,000 hit club is pretty tough. Anyone have a list of guys over 2,000 that have a shot. You know Jeter and Arod will make it. Vlad has a chance if he sticks around a long time. Even a guy like Renteria may have a chance. I believe he is over 2,000 and still in his early 30's. Would be interesting topic on who will be the next 3,000 hit club guys. Bonds would, but looks like no one will sign him.

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Here's the list of active (4th stat is hits) 3,000 is a tough number I think only Jeter and ARod have a chance and honestly they might not stay in the game that long looking at 4-5 years of consistent hitting with no major injuries comparing them to Griffey who I think has one of the best strokes in the game but has lost a lot in bat speed and staminia to put up decent numbers is a tough challenge. I also think it is pitiful to basically stick in the game for numbers when you should have retired it's a disgrace to the game also not that Griffey shouldn't play but if he has a poor year again it's time to hang it up.

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG


1. K Griffey*
2521 9316 1612 2680 503 38 611 1772 5092 1240 1682 184 69 .373 .547 .288

2. O Vizquel*
2680 9745 1361 2657 426 72 77 892 3458 965 980 385 156 .338 .355 .273

3. G Sheffield*
2476 8949 1592 2615 454 25 499 1633 4616 1435 1125 251 103 .394 .516 .292

4. I Rodriguez*
2267 8645 1253 2605 524 48 295 1217 4110 469 1288 124 59 .339 .475 .301

5. L Gonzalez*
2591 9157 1412 2591 596 68 354 1439 4385 1155 1218 128 87 .367 .479 .283

6. S Finley*
2583 9397 1443 2548 449 124 304 1167 4157 844 1299 320 118 .332 .442 .271

7. D Jeter*
1985 8025 1467 2535 411 57 206 1002 3678 813 1376 275 75 .387 .458 .316

8. F Thomas*
2322 8199 1494 2468 495 12 521 1704 4550 1667 1397 32 23 .419 .555 .301

9. K Lofton*
2103 8120 1528 2428 383 116 130 781 3433 945 1016 622 160 .372 .423 .299

10. S Sosa*
2354 8813 1475 2408 379 45 609 1667 4704 929 2306 234 107 .344 .534 .273

11. A Rodriguez*
2042 7860 1605 2404 428 26 553 1606 4543 980 1641 283 67 .389 .578 .306

12. M Ramirez*
2103 7610 1444 2392 507 18 527 1725 4516 1212 1667 37 31 .411 .593 .314

13. G Anderson*
2013 7989 1024 2368 489 35 272 1292 3743 397 1117 78 47 .327 .469 .296

14. B Williams*
2076 7869 1366 2336 449 55 287 1257 3756 1069 1212 147 87 .381 .477 .297

15. C Jones*
2023 7337 1378 2277 449 35 408 1374 4020 1242 1142 138 43 .408 .548 .310

16. J Damon*
1988 7858 1376 2270 415 92 183 914 3418 795 950 362 96 .354 .435 .289

17. V Guerrero*
1750 6617 1126 2136 404 43 392 1268 3802 666 813 173 86 .389 .575 .323

18. M Alou*
1942 7037 1109 2134 421 39 332 1287 3629 737 894 106 37 .369 .516 .303

19. E Renteria*
1860 7139 1090 2070 392 26 127 817 2895 634 1006 280 104 .347 .406 .290

20. R Durham*
1975 7408 1249 2054 440 79 192 875 3228 820 1201 273 97 .352 .436 .277

21. J Thome*
2160 7344 1431 2048 397 24 541 1488 4116 1550 2190 19 20 .406 .560 .279

22. C Delgado*
2009 7189 1226 2010 476 17 469 1489 3927 1097 1725 14 8 .383 .546 .280

23. M Grudzielanek*
1772 6942 936 2010 391 36 90 629 2743 356 944 131 52 .332 .395 .290

I would've never guessed Ray Durham had 2,000 hits. Good for him.

Also, I know Pudge is on the decline but he could very well do it. If he gets 150 hits this year he'll only need 250 and if he somehow goes back to the AL for a year or two...

He'll be the 1st 3,000 hit catcher correct?

markakis8 said:

Also, I know Pudge is on the decline but he could very well do it. If he gets 150 hits this year he'll only need 250 and if he somehow goes back to the AL for a year or two...

He'll be the 1st 3,000 hit catcher correct?

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Depending if you call Biggio a catcher he was for a time Also in looking Cap Anson seems to have been a catcher for a few games during the season (1-3) not exactly an everyday catcher seems more likely the 2nd or 3rd stringer fill in for injury. Pudge would be the first full timer though.

I would not consider either one a catch as they didn't spend the majority of their career at that position. If Pudge is going to get to 3,000 though he wont do it as a catcher. He might have to move to 1B or DH and I'm wondering if he has enough juice left in his stick to warrant teams to take him in that role.

sschauer said:

markakis8 said:

Also, I know Pudge is on the decline but he could very well do it. If he gets 150 hits this year he'll only need 250 and if he somehow goes back to the AL for a year or two...

He'll be the 1st 3,000 hit catcher correct?

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Depending if you call Biggio a catcher he was for a time Also in looking Cap Anson seems to have been a catcher for a few games during the season (1-3) not exactly an everyday catcher seems more likely the 2nd or 3rd stringer fill in for injury. Pudge would be the first full timer though.

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