Hanley Ramirez got his 1,000th hit of his career on July 15th and is now the question becomes will he be able to keep up his pace and achieve what Derek Jeter did this season of reaching 3,000 hits in his career. It is a mark that not many players get the chance to hit.

First of all you must have the opportunity to be playing night in and night out towards the top of the line-up. After that you have to be staying healthy and have a long career. Making the playoffs often doesn’t hurt either.

Going into the game, Ramirez has averaged 194 hits in his six season with the Marlins. If he were to continue with that pace, he would reach 2,000 hits in his 11th year and then 3,000 hits in his 16th year. If that were the case, Ramirez will have 3,000 hits in 2022 or 2023 if he goes on a 150 hits per season pace from here on out.

A bigger question will be even if he does achieve this goal in a decade or so from now, will he still be in a Marlins uniform?