- 3000-300 club
The 3000-300 club is an informal name for the list of
Major League Baseball players who have achieved 3000 hits and 300home runs . The list currently contains 10 players. The list is sometimes shortened by only including players with 400 home runs (8 players) or 500 home runs (4 players). Achieving these two feats of longevity means the player is likely to enter into theBaseball hall of fame .The club
Notable absences
Players with 290 home runs and 2900 base hits
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Rickey Henderson 297 home runs, 3,055 hits
*Rogers Hornsby 301 home runs, 2,930 hits
*Frank Robinson 586 home runs, 2,943 hits
*Al Simmons 307 home runs, 2,927 hits
*Craig Biggio 291 home runs, 3,060 hitsTop 5 home run hitters who do not have 3,000 hits
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Barry Bonds 762 home runs, 2,935 hits
*Babe Ruth 714 home runs, 2,873 hits
*Ken Griffey, Jr. 611 home runs, 2,680 hits "(as of September 30, 2008)"
*Sammy Sosa 609 home runs, 2,408 hits
*Frank Robinson 586 home runs, 2,943 hitsTop 5 hit leaders who did not have 300 home runs
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Pete Rose 4,256 hits, 160 home runs
*Ty Cobb 4,189 hits, 117 home runs
*Tris Speaker 3,514 hits, 117 home runs
*Cap Anson 3,418 hits, 97 home runs
*Honus Wagner 3,415 hits, 101 home runsReferences
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/stats/historical/player_stats.jsp?statType=1&teamPosCode=all&timeFrame=3&c_id=mlb&sitSplit=&venueID=&Submit=Submit&timeSubFrame2=0&baseballScope=mlb&timeSubFrame=0&&sortByStat=H MLB official site (historical stats section)]
ee also related lists
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Baseball statistics
*3000-500 Club
*List of lifetime home run leaders through history
*List of Major League Baseball home run champions
*500 home run club
*List of Major League Baseball players with 3000 hits and 500 home runs
*MLB players with 2,000 hitsExternal links
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