Ichiro at 1499 Hits

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I think considering fastest to reach stats shouldn't be done when the guy was 27 and had already had a successful career before coming to the league.

It's still pretty impressive, but I'm sure he's nowhere near fastest if it was number of games it took to reach 1500 hits starting with the season after the 27th birthday.

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I disagree, although I don't have access to any slick query tools, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who piled up 7 straight 200-hit seasons at any age. The only player I noticed through a quick scan of baseball reference was Boggs.

Also, wouldn't it be rarer for it to happen after a player's 27th b-day given that such a run would end when he was in his mid-30s? I think this makes Ichiro's accomplishment more significant, not less.