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A121379
Successive records for the number of hits by a single batter in a single season of (USA) major league baseball.
2
218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 246, 248, 250, 253, 254, 257, 262
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.
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
Cf. A115380.
Sequence in context: A352468 A167912 A038662 * A171404 A131660 A260496
KEYWORD
less,nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Sep 06 2006
STATUS
approved