re: DAT 9/22 | Angels (Nolasco) @ Astros (Fiers) | 7:10 pm

Can one of you DAT baws settle this issue for me? About Mookie Betts being "the first player in the MLB to reach 200 hits this season":

Mookie Betts first to reach 200 hits in 2016

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He beat Astros second baseman Jose Altuve to the mark by just one hit. Betts becomes the first AL right fielder to reach the 200 hit mark since Ichiro did so in 2010.

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Correct me if I'm wrong...but looking at baseball reference, Jose Altuve got 200 hits on the 19th of September, right?

Altuve had 184 hits going into September

April/March- 29 hits
May- 40 hits
June- 42 hits
July-34 hits
August-39 hits

29+40+42+34+39 = 184 hits

Then September...

Sep 2- (0)
Sep 3- (1)
Sep 4- (0)
Sep 5- (2)
Sep 6-(0)
Sep 7-(2)
Sep 8-(0)
Sep 9-(0)
Sep 10-(1)
Sep 11-(2)
Sep 12-(0)
Sep 13-(3)
Sep 14-(1)
Sep 16-(3)
Sep 17-(0)
Sep 18-(0)
Sep 19-(1)

Altuve had 16 hits in the month of September on Sep 19th.

Jose Altuve-Baseball Reference


ESPN with the same exact stats

Betts going into September had 179 hits (5 less than Altuve)

April/March 29 hits
May 36 hits
June 34 hits
July 35 hits
August 45 hits

Sep 2- 14 (11 hits)
Sep 15-(2 hits)
Sep 16-(2 hits)
Sep 17-(2 hits)
Sep 18-(1 hit)
Sep 19-(1 hit)

Up to Sep 19th, Betts had 19 hits in the month of September.

179 + 19 = 198 hits


Mookie Betts-Baseball Reference