What is the most difficult accomplishment?

[Stars_Rangers_82]

With Derek Jeter on the verge of becoming the 28th player in history to amass 3,000 hits it begs the question, what is the most difficult accomplishment a player could obtain?

I'm giving 6 different feats for you to choose from, including the number of players to do it and the list of players.

500 HOME RUNS - 25 PLAYERS

Rk	Player	HR
1	Barry Bonds	762
2	Hank Aaron	755
3	Babe Ruth	714
4	Willie Mays	660
5	Ken Griffey	630
6	Alex Rodriguez	626
7	Sammy Sosa	609
8	Jim Thome	593
9	Frank Robinson	586
10	Mark McGwire	583
11	Harmon Killebrew	573
12	Rafael Palmeiro	569
13	Reggie Jackson	563
14	Manny Ramirez	555
15	Mike Schmidt	548
16	Mickey Mantle	536
17	Jimmie Foxx	534
18	Frank Thomas	521
19	Willie McCovey	521
20	Ted Williams	521
21	Ernie Banks	512
22	Eddie Mathews	512
23	Mel Ott	511
24	Gary Sheffield	509
25	Eddie Murray	504

3,000 HITS - 27 PLAYERS

Rk	Player	H
1	Pete Rose	4256
2	Ty Cobb	4189
3	Hank Aaron	3771
4	Stan Musial	3630
5	Tris Speaker	3514
6	Cap Anson	3435
7	Honus Wagner	3420
8	Carl Yastrzemski	3419
9	Paul Molitor	3319
10	Eddie Collins	3315
11	Willie Mays	3283
12	Eddie Murray	3255
13	Nap Lajoie	3242
14	Cal Ripken	3184
15	George Brett	3154
16	Paul Waner	3152
17	Robin Yount	3142
18	Tony Gwynn	3141
19	Dave Winfield	3110
20	Craig Biggio	3060
21	Rickey Henderson	3055
22	Rod Carew	3053
23	Lou Brock	3023
24	Rafael Palmeiro	3020
25	Wade Boggs	3010
26	Al Kaline	3007
27	Roberto Clemente	3000

1,800 RBI'S - 20 PLAYERS

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Hank Aaron	2297
2	Babe Ruth	2213
3	Cap Anson	2075
4	Barry Bonds	1996
5	Lou Gehrig	1995
6	Stan Musial	1951
7	Ty Cobb	1938
8	Jimmie Foxx	1922
9	Eddie Murray	1917
10	Willie Mays	1903
11	Alex Rodriguez	1871
12	Mel Ott	1860
13	Carl Yastrzemski	1844
14	Ted Williams	1839
15	Ken Griffey	1836
16	Rafael Palmeiro	1835
17	Dave Winfield	1833
18	Manny Ramirez	1831
19	Al Simmons	1827
20	Frank Robinson	1812

600 SB'S - 17 PLAYERS

Rk	Player	SB
1	Rickey Henderson	1406
2	Lou Brock	938
3	Billy Hamilton	914
4	Ty Cobb	897
5	Tim Raines	808
6	Vince Coleman	752
7	Arlie Latham	742
8	Eddie Collins	741
9	Max Carey	738
10	Honus Wagner	723
11	Joe Morgan	689
12	Willie Wilson	668
13	Tom Brown	657
14	Bert Campaneris	649
15	Kenny Lofton	622
16	Otis Nixon	620
17	George Davis	619

300 WINS - 24 PLAYERS

Rk	Player	W
1	Cy Young	511
2	Walter Johnson	417
3	Pete Alexander	373
4	Christy Mathewson	373
5	Pud Galvin	365
6	Warren Spahn	363
7	Kid Nichols	361
8	Greg Maddux	355
9	Roger Clemens	354
10	Tim Keefe	342
11	Steve Carlton	329
12	John Clarkson	328
13	Eddie Plank	326
14	Nolan Ryan	324
15	Don Sutton	324
16	Phil Niekro	318
17	Gaylord Perry	314
18	Tom Seaver	311
19	Old Hoss Radbourn	309
20	Mickey Welch	307
21	Tom Glavine	305
22	Randy Johnson	303
23	Early Wynn	300
24	Lefty Grove	300

3,000 K'S - 16 PLAYERS

Rk	Player	SO
1	Nolan Ryan	5714
2	Randy Johnson	4875
3	Roger Clemens	4672
4	Steve Carlton	4136
5	Bert Blyleven	3701
6	Tom Seaver	3640
7	Don Sutton	3574
8	Gaylord Perry	3534
9	Walter Johnson	3509
10	Greg Maddux	3371
11	Phil Niekro	3342
12	Fergie Jenkins	3192
13	Pedro Martinez	3154
14	Bob Gibson	3117
15	Curt Schilling	3116
16	John Smoltz	3084

[RickD]

Considering how many people have played the games and looking how many accomplished the feat, I would go with 3,000 K's!

[JoshRedcay]

I went with the 300 wins.

Even if you were to consistently have 20-win seasons as a pitcher (which is not easy at all), it would still take you 15 seasons to reach 300 wins. That is quite a staggering fact.

[wcs71401]

I am going with 300 wins too.

These are all real hard to get to. I am doubting we will see many more 300 game winners due to blown saves and shotty bullpens.

[WilsonC]

300 wins. Under the current context, there's nothing that makes the other milestones unusually difficult, but the way pitchers are used today makes 300 wins particularly difficult.

[Mattrd26]

I think 3,000 Strikeouts. There are a lot of good pitchers that don't strikeout often. And theirs some that can get 7+ A game. (Lincecum)