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 | Indianapolis's Dreher Reaches 2000 Hits Monday, August 27th , 1917 With one swing of the bat, Billy Dreher put his name in the league record books yesterday at Omaha Stadium. It was his 2000th career hit, putting him in a select group of players. In spite of Billy Dreher's achievement, his Indianapolis Red Caps went down in defeat to the Omaha Packers, 4-3. On his milestone day, the 36-year-old shortstop registered 1 hit in 3 at-bats. A check of his lifetime stats shows Dreher has a career .269 average with 2000 hits, 268 doubles, 143 triples, 21 home runs and 712 RBIs. To date he has scored 822 runs, walked 517 times and stolen 248 bases. |   |
