How The Ignitor Reached Cooperstown

Reviewing Hall of Famer Paul Molitor's playing career

Pregame Pepper

. . . Paul Molitor’s 3,319 major league hits are tenth all-time.

. . . Molitor is one of five major league players with 3,000 hits, a .300 lifetime batting average, and 500 stolen bases. The other four: Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Ichiro Suzuki, and Honus Wagner. Molitor and Ichiro are the only players to have done it while playi…