Craig Biggio Stats

Did you know that Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds and Rickey Henderson are the only three players in Major League history with 2,500+ hits, 500+ doubles, 400+ stolen bases and 250+ home runs? Let's take a look at some additional numbers of interest as they relate to Craig Biggio, easily one of the best second baseman in baseball history:

0 - Craig Biggio tied Augie Galan of the 1935 Chicago Cubs and Dick McAuliffe of the 1968 Detroit Tigers when he played in 150+ games during the 1997 season and did not ground into a single double play .

3 - Craig Biggio appeared on his first Hall of Fame ballot in 2013, receiving 388 votes, or 68.2%, shy of the 75% needed for induction. In 2014, Biggio received 422 of the 571 votes, exactly two votes shy of what he needed to get into Cooperstown. The third time, a charm, Biggio received 82.7% of the votes needed to be immortalized in Cooperstown.

7 - Craig Biggio was a seven-time All-Star ( 1991 , 1992 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 ) who also wore uniform #7 , and will be the last Houston Astro player to ever wear it. On May 23, 2008, during a pre-game ceremony in which Biggio received an award for MLB.com's This Year in Baseball 2007 Moment of the Year award for his 3,000th hit on June 28 , the Astros announced that they would retire Craig Biggio's #7 . The Houston Astros retired it on August 17, 2008 , prior to the start of a game versus the Arizona Diamondbacks.

27 - Craig Biggio went 5-for-6 on June 28, 2007 , and his third hit of that day was a single which made him the 27th player in the history of Major League Baseball to join the 3,000 Hits Club . The game was temporarily stopped while Biggio shared the moment with his wife, his children and longtime friend and former teammate Jeff Bagwell . Biggio was the first player in Houston Astros history to accumulate 3,000+ hits ( Top 1,000 ).

50 - Craig Biggio stole exactly fifty bases in 1998, the most he ever had in any single season. That same year he had hit 51 doubles, a feat (50 steals / 50 doubles) that hadn't been seen since Hall of Famer Tris Speaker had 52 steals and 53 doubles with the 1912 Boston Red Sox .

53 - Craig Biggio hit 291 career home runs of which 53 were hit while he was batting leadoff - the most leadoff home runs in a career by any National League hitter in history.

146 - Craig Biggio scored 146 runs in 1997, to lead the National League. The total was not a new runs scored record , but a higher number of runs had not been scored in either league since Ted Williams had 150 in 1950 (A.L.) and Chuck Klein had 152 in 1932 (N.L.). Biggio did set a new Astros record, but it was passed three years later when Jeff Bagwell scored 152 times.

285 - Craig Biggio dug in at the plate and was hit by a National League record 285 pitches ( Record Book ). Biggio's career total was two shy of Hughie Jennings , number one on the top 1,000 career leaders for hit by pitch .

2,850 - Craig Biggio appeared in more games wearing an Astros uniform than any player in team history. His 2,850 games are well ahead of second place, Jeff Bagwell , who had 2,150 games. The duo are the only two with 2,000+ games played in team history. Biggio also has the franchise record for most at bats (10,876 | #2 is Bagwell , 7,797), most runs scored (1,844 | #2 is Bagwell , 1,517), hits (3,060 | #2 is Bagwell , 2,314) and doubles (668 | #2 is Bagwell , 488).

Craig Biggio has hit more doubles in Major League history than any right-handed hitter ever! Ranked fifth all-time on the top 1,000 doubles chart , those in front of him are Tris Speaker (792 doubles, a Hall of Fame lefty), Pete Rose (742 doubles, a switch-hitter), Stan Musial (725 doubles, a Hall of Fame lefty) and Ty Cobb (724 doubles, a Hall of Fame lefty).

Craig Biggio | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 2015 ( HOF )
Craig Biggio was an All-Star catcher during the 1991 All-Star Game . A year later, Biggio was an All-Star second baseman during the 1992 All-Star Game , becoming the first player in the history of baseball to be an All-Star at both catcher and second base.