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1. Over time, getting singles just doesn't cut it for some of us. In no small part to my 23-year career, I became the first person to hit over 1400 extra-base hits with 1477, even if I only got 98 triples.
2. Over my 25-year career, I found out that the good of the team was more important than any of my personal stats. That is the very reason that I became the first person ever to hit over 500 sacrifice hits, with 512.
3. Whenever I went up to the plate, I knew that striking out just wasn't an option. Thanks to incomplete records of earlier players, I was officially the first person to retire with an at-bat per strikeout ratio of over 60.
4. When you play for 24 years, you naturally have plenty of opportunities at the plate. While I ended my career with my share of hits, I hit into 10,179 outs, being the first person ever to hit into over 10,000 outs.
5. The statistic for career WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched) is one that nearly always goes unnoticed. Despite this, I decided to put forth my best effort, and it paid off by ending my career as the first person to retire with a WHIP under 1, with a .9678.
6. During my 7-year Hall of Fame career, I decided that when it was my turn to pitch, I wasn't going to mess with pitching around batters. In fact, I was so good at throwing strikes that I became the first person to end my career with a walk per 9 inning ratio of lower than 0.49.
7. Though similar to the walks per 9 innings record, my record required just a little more work. When I retired in 1884, I became the first person ever to end my career with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of higher than 4.4, with 4.439 strikeouts per walk.
8. I was the first pitcher in history that has faced over 30,000 batters in a single career. Even though some of my other records overshadow this one, my career record of batters faced just shows how many times I did my job, and those other records reflect how well I did it.
9. Pete Rose may have the most total hits, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds can hit all the home runs they want to, but with 792 career doubles, I was the first player ever to hit over 750 doubles. In a 22-year career, I only hit 117 home runs, but I made up for it with my extra-base hitting ability.
10. Over my 22-year Hall of Fame career, I gave up plenty of earned runs. Even though I would end up winning 195 games more than I would lose and a career 2.63 ERA, over such a long time the total number of runs began to pile high, resulting in me being the first pitcher ever to give up over 2,000 earned runs with 2,147.
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