Jeter all-time leader in hits in IAL

It’s a thing now in APBA Baseball leagues.  Derek Jeter is either becoming the hits leader in leagues or reaching the 3000 mark (see also:  Derek Jeter approaching milestone in MWBL and OAPBA Lifetime Records showing consistencies among leagues’ stats).  Now it’s happened in the Illowa APBA League as evidenced by an email from Jeter’s manager Todd Ventresca:

Derek Jeter now has 2882 career hits which means he has passed Cal Ripken, Jr. and is now the ILLOWA career hits leader.

Indeed it’s true.  Here are the top five in career hits in the IAL as of this month:

Player H
Jeter 2882
Ripken 2843
Boggs 2668
Molitor 2596
Palmeiro 2543

 

The question is can Jeter make it to 3000 IAL hits?  With real life injury and rumors of his retirement, it might be an uphill battle. 

Nevertheless, congrats to Jeter!  Here are his lifetime IAL stats all played for Todd’s Three Rivers Gamblers:

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HB AVG SLG OBP
1997 154 568 86 169 24 5 10 60 58 109 9   .298 .410 .363
1998 159 587 80 149 27 5 12 68 85 128 35   .254 .378 .348
1999 149 571 109 186 24 9 24 93 57 135 25   .326 .525 .387
2000 156 616 141 215 38 8 30 119 84 111 21   .349 .583 .427
2001 148 585 122 190 29 7 14 69 96 111 48   .325 .470 .420
2002 147 613 124 190 41 2 24 80 49 101 35   .310 .501 .361
2003 153 644 110 193 39 0 26 78 56 132 33   .300 .481 .356
2004 118 457 63 135 28 2 9 57 39 96 13 17 .295 .425 .372
2005 153 593 91 142 49 0 14 59 37 97 28 23 .239 .393 .309
2006 159 636 92 172 18 0 17 62 79 127 13 2 .270 .379 .353
2007 153 620 101 196 34 4 12 35 55 104 43 6 .316 .442 .377
2008 156 623 118 199 42 5 9 73 57 81 8 27 .319 .446 .400
2009 150 596 96 172 21 4 12 55 47 74 15 8 .289 .398 .349
2010 153 628 116 181 23 0 9 60 58 66 35 4 .288 .368 .352
2011 157 617 84 155 33 4 3 51 63 99 21 8 .251 .332 .328
2012 131 527 68 128 22 9 8 46 35 86 27 4 .243 .364 .295
  84 360 73 110 17 0 10 5 2 5 1 0 .306 .436 .352
16 2480 9841 1674 2882 509 64 243 1070 957 1662 410 99 .293 .432 .361

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

One Comment:

  1. I’m thinking its almost time for a Thunderchickens update?

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