Ironman (and other baseball fans) - this one's for you

• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  I am watching the Mets game, and David Wright just got his 1000th career hit (he also has 143 career HRs in 843 career games).
  
  Only three other players in New York sports history had better HR and hit totals after 843 games ... who are they?
  
  Just heard this on SNY, so I assume this answer is correct (I didn't research it).
• Laley23

  

  Did they start their careers there for all those games? Im assuming yes.
• Laley23

  

  Ruth, and DiMaggio
• Laley23

  

  Gehrig and Mantle?
• Al Bundy

  mantle and mays
• fiction

  

  the mick
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Laley got them all, nicely done ... Ruth, Dimaggio and Gehrig. Pretty nice company for Mr. Wright!
• Ironman92

  

  I swear that was my 3......I thought about Dimaggio and Mantle (Ruth and Gehrig were no doubters).....but Mantle walked so much he probably didn't have the hits....and I knew Dimaggio had HUGE years early on.
  
  Interesting.
• Ironman92

  

  Roughly....not exact
  
  Ruth 315 HR.....1100 hits
  Gehrig 180 HR....1065 hits
  Dimaggio 185 HR....1060 hits
  
  Mantle had to just miss it in hits by a couple
• Ironman92

  

  Wright also is at 868 career games.....so that 843 game stat....I'm not sure Manlte didn't have him in hits
  
  
  
  I'll look closer
• Ironman92

  

  Thru 843 career games.....which is a weird number as that doesn't include the last 4 games of last season?
  
  
  
  
  
  Wright had 978 hits and 143 HR
  Mantle had 951 hits and 182 HR
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Nice research Ironman! I thought you would dig this question