Just two players who played in the 2000s came within even 1,000 hits of Rose's final tally ... he returned to Cincinnati midway through the 1984 season as a player-manager.

Rose reached 1,000 hits in 1968, 2,000 just five years later ... No. 4,000 was off the Phillies' Jerry Koosman in 1984, exactly 21 years to the day after his first hit. He caught up with Cobb ...

Rose reached 1,000 hits in 1968, 2,000 just five years later ... No. 4,000 was off the Phillies’ Jerry Koosman in 1984, exactly 21 years to the day after his first hit. He caught up with Cobb ...

Rose reached 1,000 hits in 1968, 2,000 just five years later ... No. 4,000 was off the Phillies’ Jerry Koosman in 1984, exactly 21 years to the day after his first hit. He caught up with Cobb ...