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1000+ Hits and Only 1 Season with 100+ Hits
Only four players in MLB history have 1000+ career hits and only 1 season with 100+ hits and they are ALL CATCHERS. Nobody has ever had 1000+ career hits without a 100 season.

[Source: Lee Sinins, member of SABR Sabermetric Baseball Encyclopedia]

Catcher
Alan Ashby
Rick Dempsey
Heinie Peitz
Ivy Wingo

Career
1010
1093
1117
1039

100+ Hit
111
114
122
106

Season
1987
1978
1902
1917