Red Sox players that have a chance to make history
In the category of hits, we all know that Pete Rose is the all-time hits king with 4,256. There is only one Red Sox player in the top-20 for this category, and that is Carl Yastrzemski. He ended his career with 3,419 hits and ranks eighth overall in the history of the game.
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The only other player in the top 50 that spent significant time with the Red Sox is Wade Boggs down at number 28. For as good as he was, Ted Williams isn’t even in the top 50. I would assume that would mostly be due to the years that he missed while serving in World War II.
The active leader in hits is Dustin Pedroia with 1,699. Pedey is 33 right now, so we assume he plays an additional seven years. For him to break Rose’s record, he would have to average 366 hits each year for the next seven years. He has only hit more than 200 hits in a season once. If a Red Sox players breaks this record, it won’t be Pedroia.
The player that I think has the best chance is Xander Bogaerts. The past two seasons he has racked up 196 and 192 hits. With him being 24 years old, that gives him 16 years left to play and an average of 232 hits per season to break the record.