It’s all about the HITS in MLB!!!! Welcome to the 1k Club!!!!

Recently the reigning National League M.V.P. Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers collected his 1,000 hit as a major league baseball professional. More than 250 players have hit more than 2,000 hits topping out with Pete ‘Charlie Hustle’ Rose’s 4,256 hits. List of the prominent 1k, 1.5k, 2k, 2.5k, and 3k hitters (and the hits needed to next milestone):

Alex Rodriguez 2,866 (134 hits needed) to 3,000
Omar Vizquel 2,856 (144)

Bobby Abreu 2,432 (68 hits needed) to 2,500
Todd Helton 2,415 (85)
Miguel Tejada 2,362 (138)

Jason Giambi 1,967 (33 hits needed to) 2,000
Jimmy Rollins 1,963 (37)
Andruw Jones 1,920 (80)
Torii Hunter 1,891 (109)
Aramis Ramirez 1,878 (122)
David Ortiz 1,861 (139)

Adam Kennedy 1,476 (24 hits needed to) 1,500
Matt Holliday 1,457 (43)
Jose Reyes 1,400 (100)
Alex Gonzalez 1,393 (107)
Brian Roberts 1,386 (114)
Robinson Cano 1,379 (121)
Adam Dunn 1,378 (122)

Shane Victorino 999 (1 hit needed to) 1,000
Jose Lopez 992 (8)
Geoff Blum 990 (10)
Kevin Youkilis 984 (16)
Dan Uggla 981 (19)

So it looks like there will be several new hitter levels reached by the 1k club, congrats Mr. Braun!!!!