“It’s like when they get there to 3,000 hits, he puts his hand on their shoulder and says, ‘Welcome to the club.’ ” Clemente wasn’t always welcomed with open arms. During his first ...

That, combined with the pure difficulty of hitting a baseball, has made the 3,000 hit club one of the most prestigious ...

and too many who have hit 2,000. Currently, there are 19 pitchers who have racked up at least 3,000 K’s in MLB. Here is that club in rarified air when it comes to bat whiffing.