A121379 Successive records for the number of hits by a single batter in a single season of (USA) major league baseball.

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.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..32.

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

Cf. A115380.

Sequence in context: A352468 A167912 A038662 * A171404 A131660 A260496

Adjacent sequences: A121376 A121377 A121378 * A121380 A121381 A121382

Keyword

less,nonn

Author

Jonathan Vos Post, Sep 06 2006

Status

approved