Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman joined the elusive 2,000 hits club on Sunday afternoon.
Freeman hit an RBI double in the eighth inning of the Dodgers’ 6-5 loss to the Houston Astros in Los Angeles, making him officially the sixth active player with at least 2,000 hits in his career.
Miguel Cabrera, Joey Votto, Nelson Cruz, Elvis Andrus and Andrew McCutchen are the five other active players in Major League Baseball with at least 2,000 hits. Astros star Jose Altuve is next in the league with just 39 goals.
Despite hitting a new career milestone on Sunday, Freeman is yet to get halfway to Pete Rose’s all-time record of 4,256 hits. Cabrera is the active leader with 3,119 hits, but is only 22nd on the all-time list.
Freeman is also one of only 98 players in MLB history with at least 2,000 hits and 300 home runs. Along with Votto, Cruz and Cabrera, he is one of four active players to have achieved this feat.
Freddie Freeman is one of only six active players with 2,000 or more career hits. (Harry How/Getty Images)
Freeman’s brace in the eighth inning sparked a comeback from the Dodgers, but it narrowly failed in the end. Will Smith hit a home run to put Freeman in play and finish the game, requiring extra innings. It wasn’t until Alex Bregman hit an RBI single in the 11th inning that the Astros took the lead and clinched the win.
Freeman is in the second year of a six-year, $162 million contract with the Dodgers. The 33-year-old has 95 hits, 14 homers and 47 RBI so far this season, his second in Los Angeles after spending the first 12 years of his career with the Atlanta Braves.