 from becoming the fifth active major leaguer with 2,000 career hits. The others, Freddie Freeman, who has 2,217, Jose Altuve, who has 2,165, Joey Votto with 2,135, and Andrew McCutcheon with 2,117. He would also become the 18th player in history to reach the 2,000-hit milestone in a Cardinals uniform and the first since Yadier Molina did so in 2020.