This Date in Baseball - Ichiro becomes the 3rd player to get 1,000 hits in less than 700 games

Ichiro Suzuki’s milestone is highlighted on this date in baseball history, when in 2005 he became the third player since 1900 to reach 1,000 career hits in fewer than 700 games, delivering his 1,000th hit in Seattle’s 3-1 win over Philadelphia in his 696th game. The record sits among a slate of notable dates: Spahn’s 18 strikeouts in 1953; Duke Snider’s 400th homer in 1963; Jim Maloney’s 18 strikeouts in 1965 despite a Mets win; Reggie Jackson’s 10 RBIs in 1969; Nolan Ryan’s 19 strikeouts in 1974; Pete Rose’s hitting streak beginning in 1978; Mike Benjamin’s 14-hit stretch in 1995; Aaron Boone’s double homer in 2002, and other events through 2017 including a 2010 earthquake-interrupted Jays-Padres game and MLB suspensions from a 2013 brawl.