With the retirement of Miguel Cabrera, baseball is about to enter an historically rare stretch here, folks.
Going into 2024, the active leaders in hits, home runs, and wins, are, respectively:
• Joey Votto, 2135 hits (free agent)
• Giancarlo Stanton, 402 HR (NYY)
• Justin Verlander, 257 wins (HOU)
This means that the entire 2024 season will certainly be played without any members of the 3000-hit, 500-homer, or 300-win clubs appearing on an MLB roster.
The last time an entire MLB season was played without any active members of the 3000-hit, 500-homer, or 300-win clubs was 1977.
The last time before that was 1948. Wowch.
Meanwhile, this looks like a streak that could continue well beyond 2024 in MLB, as the classic HOF counting thresholds of 3000/500/300 become more and more elusive.
@dudgeonn8@NWFLTS@TylerStirtz1@storminspank It’s hilarious seeing so many people posting screenshots of the rule book that literally show the invalid fair catch rule directly below what they highlight.