Robinson Cano smacked a ground-rule double in the eighth inning yesterday afternoon for his 1,000th career hit, which is a pretty remarkable total for a second baseman in the middle of his age-27 season. Cano is currently on pace for another 84 hits this season and here’s how his projected total of 1,084 hits would rank among the all-time leading second basemen through age 27:
Rogers Hornsby 1486 Roberto Alomar 1329 Frankie Frisch 1303 Bill Mazeroski 1228 Eddie Collins 1221 Billy Herman 1176 Nellie Fox 1136 Bobby Doerr 1134 Larry Doyle 1133 Pete Rose 1109 Carlos Baerga 1100 ROBINSON CANO 1084
Seven of the 11 guys ahead of him on that list are Hall of Famers, an eighth (Roberto Alomar) will be eventually, and a ninth (Pete Rose) would be if only his on-field performance was considered. Plus, right behind Cano’s projected total on the list are two more Hall of Famers in Ryne Sandberg (1,056) and Rod Carew (1,048).
