Dominican ball player Tony Fernández yesterday became only the fourth Dominican in the history of their participation in US Major League baseball to reach the mark of 2,000 hits. Fernández plays the short field for the Toronto Blue Jays. He joins Octavo Antonio Castro, Julio César Franco, Felipe Rojas Alou and César Cedeño. This is Fernández’s 15th season. In 1986 he batted for 213 hits with the Blue Jays, setting a record for the Blue Jays. He would have reached the 2,000 mark earlier, but in 1996 he was injured and had to sit out the season. The Dominican record of hits in the Major Leagues is that of Julio César Franco, who had 2,177 when he left to play with the Japanese baseball league. Felipe Rojas Alou batted for 2,101 and César Cedeño ended his career with 2,087.
