A121379 - OEIS

%I #6 Jul 11 2015 11:24:02

%S 218,219,220,221,222,223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,

%T 235,236,237,238,239,240,241,242,246,248,250,253,254,257,262

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

%C 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.

%H Sports Reference, Inc., <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_season.shtml">Single-Season Leaders for Hits</a>.

%e 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.

%e a(32) = 262 because Ichiro Suzuki (Born October 22, 1973 in Kasugai, Japan) (at age 30) batted (left-handed) 262 hits in 2004.

%Y Cf. A115380.

%K less,nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Jonathan Vos Post_, Sep 06 2006