OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks. Hits analog to A115380 Successive records for the number of home runs scored by a single batter in a single season of (USA) major league baseball. Finite, current to 2006 season.
LINKS
Sports Reference, Inc., Single-Season Leaders for Hits.
EXAMPLE
a(1) = 218 because in 1920 the record was shared between Rogers Hornsby (age 24), hitting right-handed and Joe Jackson (age 30), hitting left-handed.
a(32) = 262 because Ichiro Suzuki (Born October 22, 1973 in Kasugai, Japan) (at age 30) batted (left-handed) 262 hits in 2004.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
less,nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Sep 06 2006
STATUS
approved