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Attention must be paid to Yadier Molina’s 2,000 hits

Ted Simmons, Yogi Berra, Mike Piazza, Gary Carter and Johnny Bench all had 2,000+ hits in their career. They did not, however, hit 2,000 while playing as a catcher. In fact, here are the all-time leaders as a catcher, and the only three above 2,000:

Ivan Rodriguez 2,749
Jason Kendall 2,160
Carlton Fisk 2,145

Yadier Molina currently ranks 4th on that list with 1,975. When he likely crosses the 2,000 mark for his career later this week, only 21 of those hits will have come at any position other than catcher (1B, DH and PH).