plunks in the season a player reaches 3000 hits

Craig Biggio needs a total of 6 HBPs this season to pass Hughie Jennings for the all time HBP record. Coincidentally, 6 is also the most plunks any player has recorded in the season he reached 3000 hits. George Brett holds that record, from his 1992 season when he got hit by 6 pitches, and reached 3000 hits on September 30th. He's the only player to get plunked more than 4 times, and both players with that many plunks in the season of their 3000th hit did it in 1925 - Eddie Collins and Tris Speaker.

3 of the last 8 players to join the 3000 hit club did so in seasons in which they weren't plunked at all.

Player	Season	HBP
George Brett	1992	6
Eddie Collins	1925	4
Tris Speaker	1925	4
Ty Cobb	1921	3
Cap Anson	1894	3
Lou Brock	1979	3
Pete Rose	1978	3
Willie Mays	1970	3
Rickey Henderson	2001	3
Cal Ripken	2000	3
Paul Molitor	1996	3
Robin Yount	1992	3
Rafael Palmeiro	2005	2
Tony Gwynn	1999	2
Carl Yastrzemski	1979	2
Hank Aaron	1970	2
Honus Wagner	1914	2
Nap Lajoie	1914	2
Rod Carew	1985	1
Stan Musial	1958	1
Paul Waner	1942	1
Al Kaline	1974	1
Roberto Clemente	1972	0
Wade Boggs	1999	0
Eddie Murray	1995	0
Dave Winfield	1993	0

Biggio sits 4 hits away, as you've probably heard, from 3,000. The longest he's ever taken to get 4 hits was 16 games - that was going from career hit number 14 to 18, back in 1988. His longest 4 hit span this season was 11 games, getting from hit 2,978 to 2,982. So, it won't be long before he can stop worrying about hitting the ball and get back to... reaching base in a wider variety of ways.