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Originally Posted by mattsey9
A current Yankee will break Rose's record, but not Jeter. (At least not first)
Ichiro has 3,884 career hits counting his NPB career. Should he match his 2012 total of 178 hits in each of his next two seasons, that would give him 4,240 for his career. He'd easily break Rose's career mark if he can stay healthy for three more seasons.
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It's hard to equate hits in Japan to MLB hits when Matt Murton holds the single season hits record over there.
I would have to include the 427 hits Pete Rose had in the minors, if we are going to include records in lesser leagues
Jeter is not getting the record. As someone mentioned above, he willy likely start the year on the DL and they aren't going to play him every single day once he gets back, plus he will be 39 this season. If the Yankees are bad, and he struggles with his health, this could be the end of the line for him. He needed a cortisone shot today, so that is always a concern
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