Adrian Beltré Marquee Hall of Fame 2024

The 3,000th was a double against Baltimore on July 30, 2017, in his twentieth season. He finished with 3,166 hits, more than any third baseman before him, and 636 doubles. Only Brooks Robinson has played more games at the position. Albert Pujols, also born in the Dominican Republic, passed 3,000 the next year.

Los Angeles brought him up at nineteen in 1998, and in 2004 he hit 48 home runs to lead the National League. Recognition came late otherwise: five Gold Gloves and two Platinum Gloves, and four All-Star selections, none of them before he turned thirty and none of them as a Dodger.

He hit for the cycle three times, which no one has done more often. Twenty-one seasons produced 477 home runs and 1,707 runs driven in, across Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and Texas. He retired after 2018, and the Hall of Fame elected him in 2024 with 366 of 385 votes.