Inciarte has reached 200 hits!
With a lead off double, Ender Inciarte has achieved immortality in the Braves record books! Inciarte now has 200 hits in a single season!
In only his 4th major league season, Ender Inciarte has placed himself in some tremendous company now that he has entered the 200-hit threshold with the Atlanta Braves! The last Atlanta Brave to achieve 200-hits in a single season was Marquis Grissom in 1997, ending that season with 207 hits.
Now, Inciarte has broken the 21-year drought of Brave baseball without a 200-hit player! Throughout Brave’s history, there have been 12 players to reach the 200-hit threshold while wearing a Braves jersey. Now that Inciarte has joined the group, he now makes it 13!
The last time #Braves had a player with 200 hits 'Macarena' was the No. 1 song in the land. What was wrong with us?
— Cory McCartney (@coryjmccartney) September 26, 2017
Here is that list of Braves’ hitters:
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- Ender Incairte – 200 hits (with a chance for more!) in 2017
- Marquis Grissom – 207 hits in 1997
- Willie Montañez – 206 hits in 1976 (with Giants and Braves in same season)
- Ralph Garr – 214 hits in 1974, 200 hits in 1973, 219 hits in 1971
- Felipe Alou – 210 hits in 1968, 218 hits in 1966
- Hank Aaron – 201 hits in 1963, 223 hits in 1959, 200 hits in 1956
- Red Schoendienst – 200 hits in 1957 (with Giants and Braves in same season)
- Tommy Holmes – 224 hits in 1945
- George Sisler – 205 hits in 1929
- Lance Richbourg – 206 hits in 1928
- Eddie Brown – 201 hits in 1926
- Dick Burrus – 200 hits in 1925
- Bill Sweeney – 204 hits in 1912
The last time anyone in the National League achieved the 200-hit mark was in 2009 – done by Ryan Braun (203), Ichiro Suzuki (225), Robinson Canó (204), and Derek Jeter (212). The last time anyone in Major League Baseball achieved this feat was 3 years ago in 2014 by Jose Altuve (225) and Michael Brantley (200).
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At the end of the 2017 season, there will be 3 players that have achieved the 200-hit mark: Charlie Blackmon of the Colorado Rockies, Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros, and Ender Inciarte of YOUR Atlanta Braves!