Four MLB hits away from 3,000

Ichiro Suzuki is in the unique position of having more hits than anyone else in baseball history while also sitting just four hits away from becoming the 30th player in MLB history with 3,000 career knocks.

The 42-year-old is having his best season since 2009, when he was just 35 years old, so those last four hits could come in a hurry Ichiro already has two four-hit games this year, as well as three three-hit games and 13 with two.

After that, it’s a little more difficult to imagine Ichiro continuing to climb, since Rod Carew is 57 hits ahead of him now, and Ichiro has 61 hits to this point in the year with more than half the season behind him.

Getting to 3,000 hits is just another cool moment and milestone to stick on top of the pile he’s amassed: after all, 3,000 hits can only be so great when you’ve already got more than anyone else ever managed.