Jose Altuve and 1000 hits

So Jose Altuve got his 1000th hit in his 786th game by going 3x5. Let's see how this stacks up to the all-time greats...

The following chart is organized by the number of plate appearances at the time of each player's 1000th hit.

Note: this is not a list of the "15 quickest" players to get to 1000 hits. I pulled from contemporaries (Jeter, Cano, Pedroia) as well as some of the game's greatest hitters. Want to see how someone else stacks up? I suggest you go to Baseball-Reference dot com.

Name	Date	Game#	PAs	Age
Stan Musial	4.24.48	765	3353	27.5.3
Hank Aaron	6.6.59	782	3400	25.4.1
R. Cano	7.26.10	831	3458	27.9.4
Jose Altuve	8.16.16	786	3464	26.3.10
Rod Carew	8.14.73	837	3473	27.10.13
C. Yastrzemski	9.15.66	893	3500	27.0.24
Derek Jeter	9.25.00	780	3542	26.2.30
George Brett	7.23.79	827	3556	26.2.8
Pete Rose	6.26.68	831	3693	27.2.12
Dustin Pedroia	9.3.12	833	3725	29.0.17
Lou Brock	9.8.67	832	3793	28.2.21
Paul Molitor	7.2.85	835	3796	28.10.10
Cal Ripken	6.16.87	894	3853	26.9.23
Robin Yount	8.16.80	947	3958	24.11.0
Craig Biggio	7.1.95	923	4085	29.6.17

At 26 years, 102 days old, Altuve is the 9th-youngest player in MLB history to reach 1000 hits, behind Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Alex Rodriguez, Robin Yount, Hank Aaron, Tris Speaker, George Brett, and Derek Jeter.

He's the fastest Astro to ever reach 1000 hits, 114 games quicker than Cesar Cedeno.

Referencing the list above, he reached 1000 hits in fewer plate appearances than all but Musial, Aaron, and Cano. Ichiro is the only current active player to reach 1000 hits quicker than Altuve.

Per https://t.co/s6oDVxrgF5, here’s a look at all of Altuve’s 1,000 hits. #Astros pic.twitter.com/EKEeBHbQ2j

— Jordan Ray (@JordanLRay) August 17, 2016