With his fourth hit in Thursday’s game against the Reds, Jimmy Rollins collected his 1,500th career hit. And he also stole his career 300th base.
Rollins is 572nd on the all-time hit list, tied with Mike Bordick and Manny Sanguillen. He’s 54th on the active list — only Albert Pujols and Adrian Beltre are younger and above him on the list. He’s 11th on the franchise list, 11 in back of Tony Taylor for the top 10. It’s definitely possible when all is finished that Rollins is your all-time Phillies hit king: He’s 734 hits in back of Mike Schmidt for first — that’s about four years.
Meanwhile, Rollins is 153rd on the all-time steals list, tied with Frank Taveras. He’s ninth on the active list, one steal below Jose Reyes. Rollins is fourth on the franchise list, below Billy Hamilton, Ed Delahanty and Sherry Magee.
Congratulations to Rollins, who is already the franchise’s greatest shortstop; who knows what he could do with a few more seasons in pinstripes.
Tim MalcolmTim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.
