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Most Hits First 162 Career Games 1954-2009

Posted by Raphy on December 15, 2009

On Sunday, we looked at the players since 1954 with the most home runs in their first 162 games. Today, let's look at the hits leaders.

Rk Player #Matching H ▾ 2B 3B HR
1 Ichiro Suzuki 139 Ind. Games 248 34 8 8
2 Kirby Puckett 125 Ind. Games 215 16 8 1
3 Nomar Garciaparra 120 Ind. Games 213 38 13 32
4 Wally Moon 120 Ind. Games 213 31 9 15
5 Vada Pinson 123 Ind. Games 211 51 9 18
6 Orlando Cepeda 122 Ind. Games 208 44 5 30
7 Hunter Pence 125 Ind. Games 208 43 10 24
8 Garry Templeton 119 Ind. Games 207 23 13 6
9 Kevin Seitzer 122 Ind. Games 205 33 7 15
10 Ryan Braun 116 Ind. Games 204 40 8 47
11 Juan Pierre 124 Ind. Games 204 19 7 1
12 Pablo Sandoval 122 Ind. Games 203 47 4 24
13 Carlos Beltran 126 Ind. Games 203 31 10 22
14 Tony Oliva 117 Ind. Games 202 39 7 30
15 Dave Stapleton 121 Ind. Games 200 41 5 12
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/14/2009.

Ryan Braun makes both  lists. Here are Braun's totals for his first 162 games:

Games PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
162 Ind. Games 707 656 204 40 8 47 134 38 156 .311 .352 .611 .963 0 6 3 7 16
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/14/2009.

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6 Responses to “Most Hits First 162 Career Games 1954-2009”

  1. DavidRF Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 11:57 am

    I can't find an easy way for us to find players from before 1954. With homers it was easy to just ignore everything before 1920 because no one hit many homers before then, but there have been high-hit guys from any era.

    Joe Jackson had 268 H in his first 177 G.
    Willie Keeler had 269 H in his first 179 G.

    Many others make the list (Dimaggio 206 in 138) but likely don't challenge Ichiro here.

    Though I'm guessing its hard to compete with the NA guys here. Ross Barnes played his 162nd game on Sept 22, 1874. By my count, he had 345 career hits at that point.

  2. JohnnyTwisto Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Tuck Turner had 272 hits in his first 175 games.

  3. JDV Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    I had wanted to see this list for a long time. Thanks. Dave Stapleton was the big surprise for me. I would never have guessed.

  4. BLT Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    Ryan Braun ... I wish he knew how to take a walk, but he sure can mash!

  5. ImAShark3 Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    That's why Ichiro is one of the best players ever.

  6. JohnnyTwisto Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Really? Is that also why Wally Moon is one of the best players ever?

    Re Braun, I don't see him nearly enough to know if he swings at lots of unhittable pitches. But when he hits like he has his first three seasons, it's hard to quibble. Anyway, his walk rate has been rising since his rookie year.

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