The Hit List

Last Wednesday, two legends in-the-making passed two long-time legends in baseball's record books. 

In New York, the Blue Jay's Omar Vizquel tied and passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hits list.  Omar now has 2,874 hits to Babe's 2,873.  It's rather ironic that Omar passed Babe on his home turf (sort of). 

Later that evening in Miami, the Braves Chipper Jones tied Lou Gehrig with 2,721 hits.  Yesterday in Philly, Chipper passed Lou on the list with two more hits.  So overall, where do these players all stand among baseball's most prolific batsmen?

41 - Omar Vizquel
42 - Babe Ruth
58 - Chipper Jones
59 - Lou Gehrig

Here are the top 15: 

1 - Pete Rose (4,256)
2 - Ty Cobb (4,189)
3 - Hank Aaron (3,771 )
4 - Stan Musial (3,630)
5 - Tris Speaker (3,514)
6 - Cap Anson  (3,435)
7 - Honus Wagner (3,420 )
8 - Carl Yastrzemski (3,419)
9 - Paul Molitor (3,319)
10 - Eddie Collins (3,315)
11 - Derek Jeter (3,292 )
12 - Willie Mays (3,283 )
13 - Eddie Murray (3,255 )
14 - Nap Lajoie (3,242)
15 - Cal Ripken (3,184)

Derek Jeter is the only active player on the list.  When you consider the level at which Derek's still playing and then combine that with his good health, I believe that the Yankee's captain will easily crack the top ten, maybe even moving up more than one spot.

What else can I say about this list?  Well, it's a whole lotta hits!!