Altuve all time single season hits leader

for the Astros. Hes got to break 240 to be in the top 10-15.

 

210 hits seems low for a franchise record. Where does the Astros total rank among all teams?

 

Not really. You have to realize most of the top hit seasons happened before the Astros existed.

 

There's 50+ seasons of 210+ hits post-1962.

 

Since 1962 the following teams do not have anyone that has had more than 211 hits:

*Arizona
Baltimore
Cubs
White Sox
Indians
Oakland
Giants
*Tampa Bay
*Nationals/Expos

*Entered league after 1962

 

Good info... I thought 210 seemed low. Altuve will us over 220!!!

 

Sure, but a lot of them are multiple times, and not substantially more than 210.

 

That list gets longer if you raise the bar to 220 or move the date to 1976 or so.

 

Ichiro had 220+ 5 times including his record season with 262 hits. CRAZY

 

If the Astros previous record was 220, I would not have thought it "seemed low".

Bobrek posted stats that showed Astros were 21st of 30 teams since 1962... which is indeed "low".

Altuve is about to have us much more respectable.

 

Meh 210 is mediocre when you consider that the Astros came into a league that was more pitching centric and played in the Astrodome.

When the Astros finally moved to MMP, the era was one of lots of walks and strike outs, which mean elite players typically had fewer plate appearances.

Regardless, 215-225 hits for a second baseman is certainly special. Off the top of my head, the only second baseman that got hits like that were Rogers Hornsby and Nap Lojie and Pete Rose.

 

I guess we have different thoughts on being low.

Edit: Record before Biggio was 195.

 

No, he just wants to argue with you.

 

Great article on some of the adversity Altuve has to face as an undersized player in the league.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-year-in-high-strikes-to-jose-altuve/

 

Indeed. It's cool though, I learned some new info in this thread

 

I'll post what I had in the other thread

[If he got to] 220--would be more hits in a season than any active player not named Ichiro, more than Jeter ever had in a season, and more than anyone not named Ichiro since 2004. (222 would change that year to 2000)

So while it isn't in the "all-timer" range, he certainly could be looking at a "2000's" type record, which is pretty significant.

 

Many years, many, many years....

 

Ha, I meant 2000-2014, as in a 15 year type record / one that's top ~5 for an era, which is still significant.

 

"Respectable" to whom?