The Times’ baseball rankings: hitting milestones

Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers collected his 1,000th career hit Friday and several others are set to reach that mark in the near future. To put Braun’s achievement in context, more than 250 active and former players have more than 2,000 career hits, capped by Pete Rose’s 4,256 hits. Here are some other players within reach of hitting milestones (figures through Friday):

Player Hits Behind Milestone

3,000 Hits

Alex Rodriguez 2,866 -134

Omar Vizquel 2,856 -144

2,500 Hits

Bobby Abreu 2,432 - 68

Todd Helton 2,415 -85

Miguel Tejada 2,362 -138

2,000 Hits

Jason Giambi 1,967 -33

Jimmy Rollins 1,963 - 37

Andruw Jones 1,920 - 80

Torii Hunter 1,891 - 109

Aramis Ramirez 1,878 -122

David Ortiz 1,861 - 139

1,500 Hits

Adam Kennedy 1,476 - 24

Matt Holliday 1,457 - 43

Jose Reyes 1,400 -100

Alex Gonzalez 1,393 - 107

Brian Roberts 1,386 - 114

Robinson Cano 1,379 - 121

Adam Dunn 1,378 - 122

1,000 Hits

Shane Victorino 999 - 1

Jose Lopez 992 - 8

Geoff Blum 990 - 10

Kevin Youkilis 984 - 16

Dan Uggla 981 - 19

Source: baseball-reference.com