Posts Tagged ‘Jose Altuve total season hits’

The Top 56 MLB Season Hit Leaders

September 30, 2014
Don't forget! _ Jose' Altuve also led the American League iin 2014 with 56 stolen bases!

Don’t forget! Jose’ Altuve also led the AL in 2014 with 56 stolen bases!

In baseball, numbers speak louder than words when we don’t get lost in the self-aggrandizing pursuit of creating new stats that appear as Arabic to the English-comprehending eye. But everybody pretty much gets it that a .341 American League and MLB leading batting average is pretty darn good – especially in a year when no other player passed the .340 mark and only one other came close. People also understand that an MLB leading hit total of 225 in a year in which no one else passed the 200 hit mark is equally quite impressive – as in – Hall of Fame impressive, if this 2014 performance is continued at anything approaching this one season level over time.. And let’s remember too – we fans also have little trouble being impressed by the fact that the same man who did these hitting things also was the guy who lead the American League this season with 56 stolen bases.

Hail again to you, 2014 batting king Jose Altuve!

And while you’re perusing these two charts of impressive one-season hitting from baseball history, please find two examples of numbers speaking for themselves – and with the names of those he now keeps company in the great hall of records as testimonials to his potential for greatness over time.

The other day, Matt Musil of Channel 11 Sports interviewed Jose Altuve in the batting cage and noted that the recently married young Astro was now “off the market” to his adoring single female fans. Jose appeared to blush, but came right back with a statement that went something close to “that’s right, I’m now signed up to a long-term deal!”

Now all we need is two more “long-term deals” – one is a contract that will keep Jose Altuve a Houston Astro for a very long time – and another from Altuve that he will stay in spirit and performance the player he is now – and we think he will. And we have faith that he will – because this is the man that he is – a man gifted with a great talent for baseball, a blazing passion for giving the game his best shot every day, and a basic natural understanding that performance discipline boils down to “doing what you are supposed to do when you are supposed to do it.”

Courtesy of Baseball Almanac, we hope you enjoy these two charts on the highest season hit totals in MLB and American League history:

Baseball Almanac’s Single MLB Season Leaders in Hits
“The Top 56 Ranked Positions from a List of 500″‘
Ichiro Suzuki 262 2004 Seattle Mariners AL 1
George Sisler 257 1920 St. Louis Browns AL 2
Lefty O’Doul 254 1929 Philadelphia Phillies NL 3
Bill Terry 254 1930 New York Giants NL
Al Simmons 253 1925 Philadelphia Athletics AL 5
Rogers Hornsby 250 1922 St. Louis Cardinals NL 6
Chuck Klein 250 1930 Philadelphia Phillies NL
Ty Cobb 248 1911 Detroit Tigers AL 8
George Sisler 246 1922 St. Louis Browns AL 9
Ichiro Suzuki 242 2001 Seattle Mariners AL 10
Babe Herman 241 1930 Brooklyn Robins NL 11
Heinie Manush 241 1928 St. Louis Browns AL
Wade Boggs 240 1985 Boston Red Sox AL 13
Jesse Burkett 240 1896 Cleveland Spiders NL
Darin Erstad 240 2000 Anaheim Angels AL
Rod Carew 239 1977 Minnesota Twins AL 16
Willie Keeler 239 1897 Baltimore Orioles NL
Ed Delahanty 238 1899 Philadelphia Phillies NL 18
Don Mattingly 238 1986 New York Yankees AL
Ichiro Suzuki 238 2007 Seattle Mariners AL
Hugh Duffy 237 1894 Boston Beaneaters NL 21
Harry Heilmann 237 1921 Detroit Tigers AL
Joe Medwick 237 1937 St. Louis Cardinals NL
Paul Waner 237 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates NL
Jack Tobin 236 1921 St. Louis Browns AL 25
Rogers Hornsby 235 1921 St. Louis Cardinals NL 26
Kirby Puckett 234 1988 Minnesota Twins AL 27
Lloyd Waner 234 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates NL
Joe Jackson 233 1911 Cleveland Naps AL 29
Earl Averill 232 1936 Cleveland Indians AL 30
Matty Alou 231 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 31
Earle Combs 231 1927 New York Yankees AL
Freddie Lindstrom 231 1928 New York Giants NL
Freddie Lindstrom 231 1930 New York Giants NL
Tommy Davis 230 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 35
Stan Musial 230 1948 St. Louis Cardinals NL
Pete Rose 230 1973 Cincinnati Reds NL
Joe Torre 230 1971 St. Louis Cardinals NL
Willie Wilson 230 1980 Kansas City Royals AL
Rogers Hornsby 229 1929 Chicago Cubs NL 40
Nap Lajoie 229 1901 Philadelphia Athletics AL
Kiki Cuyler 228 1930 Chicago Cubs NL 42
Stan Musial 228 1946 St. Louis Cardinals NL
Jim Bottomley 227 1925 St. Louis Cardinals NL 44
Charlie Gehringer 227 1936 Detroit Tigers AL
Billy Herman 227 1935 Chicago Cubs NL
Rogers Hornsby 227 1924 St. Louis Cardinals NL
Lance Johnson 227 1996 New York Mets NL
Nap Lajoie 227 1910 Cleveland Naps AL
Sam Rice 227 1925 Washington Senators AL
Jesse Burkett 226 1901 St. Louis Cardinals NL 51
Ty Cobb 226 1912 Detroit Tigers AL
Joe Jackson 226 1912 Cleveland Naps AL
Chuck Klein 226 1932 Philadelphia Phillies NL
Bill Terry 226 1929 New York Giants NL
Jose Altuve 225 2014 Houston Astros AL 56
Jesse Burkett 225 1895 Cleveland Spiders NL
Ty Cobb 225 1917 Detroit Tigers AL
Harry Heilmann 225 1925 Detroit Tigers AL
Johnny Hodapp 225 1930 Cleveland Indians AL
Paul Molitor 225 1996 Minnesota Twins AL
Tip O’Neill 225 1887 St. Louis Browns AA
Ichiro Suzuki 225 2009 Seattle Mariners AL
Baseball Almanac’s Single American League Season Leaders in Hits
“The Top 26 Ranked Positions from a List of 500″‘
Ichiro Suzuki 262 2004 Seattle Mariners AL 1
George Sisler 257 1920 St. Louis Browns AL 2
Al Simmons 253 1925 Philadelphia Athletics AL 3
Ty Cobb 248 1911 Detroit Tigers AL 4
George Sisler 246 1922 St. Louis Browns AL 5
Ichiro Suzuki 242 2001 Seattle Mariners AL 6
Heinie Manush 241 1928 St. Louis Browns AL 7
Wade Boggs 240 1985 Boston Red Sox AL 8
Darin Erstad 240 2000 Anaheim Angels AL
Rod Carew 239 1977 Minnesota Twins AL 10
Don Mattingly 238 1986 New York Yankees AL 11
Ichiro Suzuki 238 2007 Seattle Mariners AL
Harry Heilmann 237 1921 Detroit Tigers AL 13
Jack Tobin 236 1921 St. Louis Browns AL 14
Kirby Puckett 234 1988 Minnesota Twins AL 15
Joe Jackson 233 1911 Cleveland Naps AL 16
Earl Averill 232 1936 Cleveland Indians AL 17
Earle Combs 231 1927 New York Yankees AL 18
Willie Wilson 230 1980 Kansas City Royals AL 19
Nap Lajoie 229 1901 Philadelphia Athletics AL 20
Charlie Gehringer 227 1936 Detroit Tigers AL 21
Nap Lajoie 227 1910 Cleveland Naps AL
Sam Rice 227 1925 Washington Senators AL
Ty Cobb 226 1912 Detroit Tigers AL 24
Joe Jackson 226 1912 Cleveland Naps AL
Jose Altuve 225 2014 Houston Astros AL 26
Ty Cobb 225 1917 Detroit Tigers AL
Harry Heilmann 225 1925 Detroit Tigers AL
Johnny Hodapp 225 1930 Cleveland Indians AL
Paul Molitor 225 1996 Minnesota Twins AL