By tripling and coming around to score in the first inning of Thursday’s game against the A’s, Derek Jeter moved up one more notch on both the all-time hits and runs scored lists.
Jeter’s hit was his 3,056th, pushing him past Rickey Henderson into 21st place. He’s already moved up seven places since reaching 3,000 last month, and he’ll slide up one more within a few days when he passes Craig Biggio with his 3,061st hit. Further progress will likely have to wait until next year; Dave Winfield sits in 19th place with 3,110 hits.
The run scored was his 1,752nd, breaking a tie with Jimmie Foxx for, once again, 21st place. He should pass Charlie Gehringer at 1,774 and move into 20th place later this year.
While Jeter is the current active leader in hits, he’s second in runs scored behind teammate Alex Rodriguez at 1,810. A-Rod is in 17th place and should pass Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Collins and Frank Robinson on the list with a healthy final five weeks.