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Milestones


    Career Milestones
    3,000+ Hits                    500+ Home Runs                300+ Wins               
    Pete Rose             4256     Hank Aaron            755     Cy Young             511
    Ty Cobb               4190     Babe Ruth             714     Walter Johnson       417
    Hank Aaron            3771     Willie Mays           660     Pete Alexander       373
    Stan Musial           3630     Frank Robinson        586     Christy Mathewson    373
    Tris Speaker          3514     Harmon Killebrew      573     Warren Spahn         363
    Carl Yastrzemski      3419     Reggie Jackson        563     Kid Nichols          361
    Honus Wagner          3415     Mike Schmidt          548     Pud Galvin           360
    Paul Molitor          3319     Mickey Mantle         536     Tim Keefe            341
    Eddie Collins         3312     Jimmie Foxx           534     Steve Carlton        329
    Willie Mays           3283     Willie McCovey        521     John Clarkson        328
    Eddie Murray          3255     Ted Williams          521     Eddie Plank          326
    Nap Lajoie            3242     Ernie Banks           512     Don Sutton           324
    George Brett          3154     Eddie Mathews         512     Nolan Ryan           324
    Paul Waner            3152     Mel Ott               511     Phil Niekro          318
    Robin Yount           3142     Eddie Murray          504     Gaylord Perry        314
    Dave Winfield         3110                                   Tom Seaver           311
    Rod Carew             3053                                   Old Hoss Radbourn    309
    Lou Brock             3023                                   Mickey Welch         309
    Al Kaline             3007                                   Early Wynn           300
    Roberto Clemente      3000                                   Lefty Grove          300


    Single-Season Milestones
    .400+ Batting Average          50+ Home Runs                 300+ Strikeouts*        
    Hugh Duffy, 1894      .440     Mark McGwire, 1998     70     Nolan Ryan, 1973     383
    Tip O'Neill, 1887     .435     Sammy Sosa, 1998       66     Sandy Koufax, 1965   382
    Ross Barnes, 1876     .429     Roger Maris, 1961      61     Nolan Ryan, 1974     367
    Rogers Hornsby, 1924  .424     Babe Ruth, 1927        60     Rube Waddell, 1904   349
    Willie Keeler, 1897   .424     Babe Ruth, 1921        59     Bob Feller, 1946     348
    Nap Lajoie, 1901      .422     Jimmie Foxx, 1932      58     Nolan Ryan, 1977     341
    George Sisler, 1922   .420     Hank Greenberg, 1938   58     Nolan Ryan, 1972     329
    Ty Cobb, 1911         .420     Mark McGwire, 1997     58     Randy Johnson, 1998  329
    Fred Dunlap, 1884     .412     Hack Wilson, 1930      56     Nolan Ryan, 1976     327
    Ty Cobb, 1912         .410     Ken Griffey Jr., 1997  56     Sam McDowell, 1965   325
    Ed Delahanty, 1899    .410     Ken Griffey Jr., 1998  56     Curt Schilling, 1997 319
    Jesse Burkett, 1896   .410     Babe Ruth, 1920        54     Sandy Koufax, 1966   317
    Jesse Burkett, 1895   .409     Babe Ruth, 1928        54     Walter Johnson, 1910 313
    Joe Jackson, 1911     .408     Ralph Kiner, 1949      54     J.R. Richard, 1979   313
    George Sisler, 1920   .407     Mickey Mantle, 1961    54     Steve Carlton, 1972  310
    Sam Thompson, 1894    .407     Mickey Mantle, 1956    52     Mickey Lolich, 1971  308
    Ed Delahanty, 1894    .407     Willie Mays, 1965      52     Randy Johnson, 1993  308
    Ted Williams, 1941    .406     George Foster, 1977    52     Sandy Koufax, 1963   306
    Billy Hamilton, 1894  .404     Mark McGwire, 1996     52     Mike Scott, 1986     306
    Ed Delahanty, 1894    .404     Ralph Kiner, 1947      51     Pedro Martinez, 1997 305
    Rogers Hornsby, 1925  .403     Johnny Mize, 1947      51     Sam McDowell, 1970   304
    Harry Heilmann, 1923  .403     Willie Mays, 1955      51     Walter Johnson, 1912 303
    Pete Browning, 1887   .402     Cecil Fielder, 1990    51     J.R. Richard, 1978   303
    Rogers Hornsby, 1922  .401     Jimmie Foxx, 1938      50     Rube Waddell, 1903   302
    Bill Terry, 1930      .401     Albert Belle, 1995     50     Vida Blue, 1971      301
    Ty Cobb, 1922         .401     Brady Anderson, 1996   50     Nolan Ryan, 1989     301
    Hughie Jennings, 1896 .401     Greg Vaughn, 1998      50     Curt Schilling, 1998 300

                                                                 *Since 1893