hundredth hits

On Saturday, Craig Biggio notched his 2,900th hit and did not get hit by a pitch that day. That was the 25th time he'd past a 100 hit milestone without being plunked in the same game. Earlier this year, on April 8th, he was hit by a pitch by Livan Hernandez in the same game Hernandez gave up Biggio's 2,800th hit. Biggio was also plunked in the same game that he reached 100 hits, 1,000 hits, and 1,800 hits.
July 30, 1989 was the game in which he reached 100 career hits. He was hit by Mike LaCoss that day, but it was Steve Bedrosian who gave up the 100th hit. Biggio's 1,000th was recorded on July 1, 1995 off Mike Dyer, in a game in which Biggio was plunked by John Hope. And on July 25, 1999 Andy Ashby hit Biggio with a pitch, and Carlos Reyes gave up Biggio's 1,800th hit in relief of Ashby.
All 4 of the times Biggio has been hit in the same game that he recorded a 100th hit have been in home games, but 18 of Biggio's 29 100th hits have occurred on the road, even though he's had more total hits at home, 1,459 to 1,441.
Biggio's first 100 hits were the slowest of his career, taking 134 games to achieve. His second 100 hits took 108 games, but he's only had three 100 hit milestones take longer than 100 games since then. The fastest 100 hit span was between 1,600 and 1,700 hits, which took him just 74 games. If you were to measure time in terms of HBPs, his fastest 100 hit span was between 100 and 200 hits, when he got hit by a pitch just once. He was also only plunked once between his 300th and 400th hits, and between his 400th and 500th hits. He was hit the most often between his 1,400th and 1,500th hits, with 21 HBPs in that span.
The most common month for Biggio to pass a 100 hit milestone has been July with 8 times, followed by April with 7 times. The Expos/Nationals franchise has given up 5 of those 29 milestone hits, more than any other franchise, but the Reds are not far back with 4. 11 different National League teams, and 1 AL team seen Biggio record a 100th hit against them.

Here are the dates of each of Craig Biggio's 100 hit milestones, with links to the box scores, how many games and HBPs it took to get there from the last 100, and who they were playing at the time:

Hit#	Date	Games	HBPs	Opponent
100	07/30/1989	134	5	Giants
200	06/15/1990	108	1	Reds
300	04/14/1991	97	3	Giants
400	08/04/1991	91	1	Dodgers
500	05/20/1992	93	1	Phillies
600	09/04/1992	94	6	Expos
700	06/30/1993	101	5	Reds
800	04/04/1994	83	6	Expos
900	07/07/1994	83	4	Cubs
1000	07/01/1995	88	15	Reds
1100	09/29/1995	81	11	Cubs
1200	07/04/1996	88	16	Braves
1300	04/22/1997	95	12	Padres
1400	07/23/1997	82	13	Cardinals
1500	04/24/1998	83	21	Expos
1600	07/26/1998	82	17	Padres
1700	04/26/1999	74	6	Diamondbacks
1800	07/25/1999	80	8	Padres
1900	05/13/2000	95	9	Reds
2000	05/04/2001	95	15	Expos
2100	08/07/2001	80	17	Braves
2200	06/10/2002	103	17	Cubs
2300	04/04/2003	94	7	Cardinals
2400	07/19/2003	87	14	Reds
2500	05/08/2004	90	17	Braves
2600	08/23/2004	92	9	Phillies
2700	06/13/2005	96	6	Orioles
2800	04/08/2006	100	12	Nationals
2900	08/05/2006	95	6	Diamondbacks

Look for number 3,000 sometime in late May of '06.