Mets star Francisco Lindor joined an exclusive club during Monday's night 2-0 win over the Miami Marlins, recording the 1,500th hit of his MLB career.
Lindor singled on a line drive to left field against Marlins' Tyler Phillips in the bottom of the fifth inning, giving him three hits on the night and bringing his career total to the milestone number.
The shortstop recorded 896 hits over 777 games during his six years in Cleveland, and has totaled 604 hits over 607 games with the Mets in four-plus seasons.
"It means I've been in the big leagues for 10 years plus," Lindor joked after the game. "It's special, it's definitely special. I'm blessed, I'm blessed to be in the position I'm in.
"I've been blessed to be surrounded by a lot of good coaches, a lot of good hitting coaches, a lot of teammates that help me and give me good scouting reports and help me be successful in this league. I'm very appreciative of the moment and everybody that's contributed to my journey, but I'm just happy we won today."
Francisco Lindor is 3-for-3! pic.twitter.com/1UmAjWyVZQ
— SNY (@SNYtv) April 8, 2025
Hit #1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for Francisco Lindor! pic.twitter.com/f1xQwu7bVt
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He has a long ways to go to reach Yankees legend Derek Jeter's all-time total among shortstops at 3,465 hits, but is now the 24th active MLB player with 1,500 career hits. Freddie Freeman has the most among active player with 2,270 hits, and Mets teammate Starling Marte is tied for 18th with Jason Heyward at 1,562 hits.
Based on Lindor's career average of 175 hits per season, he'd need to reach that mark for eight more seasons and then get another 100 hits to get 3,000 career hits.
After the win, Lindor was asked about the thought of playing another decade and what that would mean for his career, including the possibility of making the Hall of Fame.
"No... it does go to a place where it's like, 'Wow, this is a cool moment,'" Lindor said. "But you just got to continue to put your head down and climb the mountain, you can't let it get too big."
"I would love to be there one day, but it's still very far for me," Lindor said on making the HOF. "I look at a guy like Carlos Beltran that has twice the numbers I have today and he's not in there right now and I think he should be a Hall of Famer. You have guys like Jimmy Rollins that I think should also be in the Hall of Fame, yet they're not in it. For me the Hall of Fame is still far-fetched. I would love to be there one day, it would be one of the biggest honors, if not the biggest, of my career, but still a long way to go."
Beltran missed out on the Hall earlier this year, his third year on the ballot. The outfielder with 2,745 ...
