 Only two other major league players had attained 3 @,@ 000 career hits until Lajoie hit a double on September 27 , 1914 , and so joined Cap Anson and Honus Wagner in the 3 @,@ 000 hit club . Lajoie recorded the hit off Yankees pitcher Marty McHale in a 5 – 3 Naps win . His .258 batting average for the season , however , was the lowest since he had joined the majors in 1896 . The Naps finished in last place in the American League standings with a 51 – 102 record , their worst record since joining the league and the franchise 's lowest winning percentage ( .333 ) . Lajoie requested that Somers trade him and the club obliged , selling Lajoie to the Athletics for the waiver price and in so doing , Lajoie returned to Philadelphia . 
