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WALTRIP REACHES 1,000 HITS!
ALLEGHANY STAR FIRST PLAYER TO REACH MAJOR MILESTONE

PITTSBURGH, PENN. (July 5, 1865) – Alleghany B.C. beat Sportsman’s 9-8 in the Inland Championship on Wednesday, and during the game Arthur Waltrip became the first player in baseball history to successfully collect one thousand base hits.

Waltrip was 3/4 on the afternoon with a run, two steals, and two bases on balls – an excellent performance from the ninth-year N.B.B.O. star. It was during his plate appearance in the bottom of the 9th when Waltrip hit a single past first base off Sportsman’s P James Marks that Waltrip created the 1,000 Hit Club. It was an important hit as well, for it moved Lester Hayworth to third base, who then scored the game’s winning run thanks to an error by Sportsman’s 2B John DeAndrea.

Waltrip’s career in hits to date:

• 1857 (American): 67 G, 115 H, .370 AVG, .388 OBP, .460 SLG, .847 OPS
• 1858 (American): 70 G, 95 H, .308 AVG, .338 OBP, .377 SLG, .715 OPS
• 1859 (American): 70 G, 112 H, .336 AVG, .352 OBP, .387 SLG, .739 OPS
• 1860 (American): 70 G, 115 H, .351 AVG, .377 OBP, .430 SLG, .807 OPS
• 1861 (American): 70 G, 117 H, .356 AVG, .376 OBP, .429 SLG, .805 OPS
• 1862 (American): 70 G, 126 H, .387 AVG, .406 OBP, .506 SLG, .912 OPS
• 1863 (American): 70 G, 121 H, .389 AVG, .425 OBP, .489 SLG, .914 OPS
• 1864 (American): 70 G, 110 H, .353 AVG, .373 OBP, .471 SLG, .844 OPS
• 1865 (Alleghany): 46 G, 89 H, .413 AVG, .442 OBP, .555 SLG, .997 OPS
• CAREER (2 teams): 603 G, 1,000 H, .361 AVG, .385 OPS, .453 SLG, .838 OPS

Next on the N.B.B.O. career hit list is William Johnson of St. John’s, who has 942 hits for his career. Thomas Maloney of Reading Athletic and James Robertson of Niagara both have 937. Alleghany teammate Samuel Kessler has 931, and Edward Huntley of Knickerbocker has 930.