With a single off Carl Pavano on Thursday, Magglio Ordonez because the 19th active major leaguer and the sixth native of Venezuela to reach 2,000 career hits. The active list: 1. Ken Griffey Jr. - 2,775 2. Derek Jeter - 2,773 3. Ivan Rodriguez - 2,735 4. Omar Vizquel - 2,706 5. Alex Rodriguez - 2,551 6. Manny Ramirez - 2,511 7. Garret Anderson - 2,506 8. Johnny Damon - 2,450 9. Chipper Jones - 2,420 10. Vladimir Guerrero - 2,277 11. Edgar Renteria - 2,209 12. Todd Helton - 2,153 13. Jim Thome - 2,149 14. Bobby Abreu - 2,139 15. Miguel Tejada - 2,133 16. Jason Kendall - 2,106 17. Ichiro Suzuki - 2,060 18. Mark Grudzielanek - 2,017 19. Magglio Ordonez - 2,001 The only other player with much chance of reaching the plateau this year is Jim Edmonds, who is currently at 1,898. Luis Castillo (1,848), Orlando Cabrera (1,837), Carlos Lee (1,831), Scott Rolen (1,826) and Albert Pujols (1,745) should all get there in 2011. At age 36, Ordonez is quite a long shot to reach 3,000 career hits. However, both he and Abreu do have a chance of overtaking Vizquel to become the all-time hits leader from Venezuela: 1. Omar Vizquel - 2,706 2. Luis Aparicio - 2,677 3. Andres Galarraga - 2,333 4. Dave Concepcion - 2,326 5. Bobby Abreu - 2,136 6. Magglio Ordonez - 2,001 7. Ozzie Guillen - 1,764 8. Manny Trillo - 1,562 9. Cesar Tovar - 1,546 10. Edgardo Alfonzo - 1,532 Ordonez also had a shot at reaching 300 homers this year, as he’s currently 19 away. At 399, Galarraga is the all-time home run leader from Venezuela. Ordonez is second place on that list, though his Tigers teammate Miguel Cabrera is at 214 and charging fast.
Tigers’ Magglio Ordonez notches 2,000th career hit
Published April 29, 2010 02:30 PM
