Starling Marte knew.
This goes back to July of 2019, when the Pirates had just begun what became a catastrophic plunge out of the All-Star break. It was at New York's Citi Field after an exceptionally excruciating loss to the Mets. He'd rapped his 1,000th career hit that afternoon, making him the 11th in franchise history with 1,000 hits and 100 home runs. The rest: Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Bill Mazeroski, Paul Waner and Ralph Kiner. The rest: Andrew McCutchen, Dave Parker, Al Oliver, Andy Van Slyke and Richie Hebner.