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Mr. 3000 is a 2004 Touchstone Pictures film starring Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett.

Plot

The story follows Stan Ross (Bernie Mac) who was a Milwaukee Brewers baseball star with 3,000 hits that earned him the nickname "Mr. 3000." However, years later, it was discovered that, due to a clerical error, he was three hits short, so Ross attempts to return to the game at the age of 47 to get three more hits and secure his place in the record books.

After he recorded his 3000th hit, Ross retired from Major League Baseball, which left the Brewers without one of their star players in the middle of the 1995 MLB playoffs. This, combined with years of hostility between Ross and the sports writers, created a tense environment fro Ross' return in 2005. Ross struggles to regain his baseball form in the first few weeks of the season, despite his prior predictions to the contrary. Over time, he connects with two more hits, bringing his total to 2,999. In the process, Ross becomes a mentor to the younger players on the team, inspiring them to a late-season comeback. In the last at-bat of the last game of the season, Ross gives up his chance at hit number 3000 so that the team can finish 3rd in their divsion.

Trivia

Had Stan Ross actually played in Major League Baseball and had 2,999 hits, he would have been 26th all-time in the Major Leagues between Roberto Clemente who had exactly 3,000 hits and Sam Rice with 2,987.

Early advertising material said that Ross's total of 3,000 hits was a "record", in fact as seen above, one player (Clemente) had exactly 3,000 hits during his career and 25 players have a greater total. Later advertisements corrected this error. Every player since 1947 with 2,800 hits or more (or who should have reached that level but were prevented by career-ending injury or sudden death) is presently enshrined in the Hall of Fame, with the exception of Pete Rose, who is banned from baseball for life.

A player on the highest level of baseball who abandoned his team in the middle of a playoff run because he had achieved some particular number of career hits would probably be passed over for Hall of Fame consideration, especially if it happened during a postseason run or actually during the postseason.

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