Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Two Grand, The Polanco Way

How Placido Polanco's 2,000 career hits break down.

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Two Grand, The Polanco Way

POSTED: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 1:49 AM
Bob Vetrone Jr.
( Michael Bryant / Staff Photographer )

He was sitting on 1,999 hits for eight plate appearances, but Phillies infielder Placido Polanco finally reached the two grand mark with a two-run, eighth-inning home run (right) to seal a 5-1 victory over the Astros Monday.

Polanco becomes the 17th active player (and the 269th all-time) to reach 2,000.

By the way, five of his last 11 hits have gone for extra bases.

Here are Polanco's career numbers by team:

   Career    Phillies  Cards  Tigers
 Years  15  7  5  5
 Games  1752  631  489  632
 Hits  2000  732  462  806
 At-Bats  6655  2503  1563  2589
 Avg.  .301  .292  .296  .311
 Singles  1539  557  365  617
 Doubles  327  119  69  139
 Triples  32  6  13  13
 Home Runs   102  50  15  37
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Comments  (4)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:21 AM, 05/15/2012
    way to go Polly
    — MFPhils
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:37 AM, 05/15/2012
    Polly - thanks for ALWAYS being a class act! I was at Sunday's game and wish I could have seen you reach this great milestone. Your consistent, hardworking - professional effort is greatly appreciated. You have played hurt and battled a few slumps, but you have never lacked focus and a pure effort. I am a huge fan. God bless you!
    — dwp66
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:42 AM, 05/15/2012
    Congratulations, Polly! One of the few players left who understands the concept of situational hitting...and a gold-glover at 2 positions as well...this is the kind of ballplayer we should want our kids to emulate...
    — Buck Dharma
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:21 AM, 05/15/2012
    Cannot agree more with dwp66 and Buck. Polly is a professional whose only focus is on TEAM. I think he has been hurt for much of the last 2 years. He has lost weight and seems to be moving much better. I think he will have a great comeback year.
    — tommazza


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