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August 1st. 2006. Season 20.
Hank Aaron(40) and Mel Ott(39) have both reached 600 home runs. Aaron has 603, while Ott has 602. Aaron also became the first player to reach 2000 RBI and now sits at 2059. Reggie Jackson(38) now has 404 career bombs.
Tony Fernandez continues to defy father time. The 41 year old now has 3672 hits. Hank Aaron has 3545. Other member of the 3000 hit club are Dave Orr(3323), Paul Hines(3104) and Austin Riley(3008). Fernandez also has 732 career doubles
Toad Ramsey lacks just 2 wins to reach 300, but the 41 year old is currently pitching at the AAA level in the San Diego system. Gerrit Cole fell short in his quest for 300, retiring after the 2005 season with 273 wins. Cole has a career record of 273-198, 3.47. Cole tallied 3425 strikeouts and finished his career with a 78.7 WAR. Garrit was a 6 time All Star and 4 time Pitcher of the Year. Cole pitched from 1987-2003 in Seattle. He then pitched a season in St Louis and finished his career with Pittsburgh. While playing with Seattle, Cole won a championship in 2002. Cole was a post season participant 6 times, pitching in 18 games, starting 15 of them. He is 8-4 in post season play, 2.95 with 89 strikeouts. At this time his 8 wins is the most in league history.
37 year old Steve Carlton is the next closest to 300 wins with 253.
Thinking next year will be the year we see our first Hall of Fame inductee. Ted Williams had 74% of the votes needed this past off season.
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