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Stat of the Day: Whit Chasing Another Hit Record

Through 95 games this season, Whit Merrifield leads the Majors with 122 hits. He’s recorded at least one hit in 79 of those 95 games (83.2%), five more than Cody Bellinger for the most games with a hit in the Majors.

Merrifield is on pace to record at least one hit in 135 games, which would match the Major League record since at least 1908 (when Baseball Reference data is available). He would join: Ichiro Suzuki (2001), Derek Jeter (1999), Wade Boggs (1985), Chuck Klein (1930) and Rogers Hornsby (1922).