List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
Below is the list of the 288 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB.
Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb, second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits. George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, achieving that total during the 1902 season.[1]
Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career hits. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2020 Hits) | Number of hits during the 2020 Major League Baseball season. |
Hits | Total career hits. |
* | denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1] |
Players with 2,000 or more hits
- Stats are updated as of August 11, 2020.
Rank | Player | Hits |
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1 | Pete Rose | 4,256 |
2 | Ty Cobb * [lower-alpha 2] | 4,191 |
3 | Hank Aaron * | 3,771 |
4 | Stan Musial * | 3,630 |
5 | Tris Speaker * | 3,514 |
6 | Derek Jeter * | 3,465 |
7 | Honus Wagner * | 3,420 |
8 | Carl Yastrzemski * | 3,419 |
9 | Paul Molitor * | 3,319 |
10 | Eddie Collins * | 3,315 |
11 | Willie Mays * | 3,283 |
12 | Eddie Murray * | 3,255 |
13 | Nap Lajoie * | 3,243 |
14 | Albert Pujols (10) | 3,212 |
15 | Cal Ripken, Jr. * | 3,184 |
16 | Adrián Beltré | 3,166 |
17 | George Brett * | 3,154 |
18 | Paul Waner * | 3,152 |
19 | Robin Yount * | 3,142 |
20 | Tony Gwynn * | 3,141 |
21 | Alex Rodriguez | 3,115 |
22 | Dave Winfield * | 3,110 |
23 | Ichiro Suzuki | 3,089 |
24 | Cap Anson * [lower-alpha 3] | 3,081 |
25 | Craig Biggio * | 3,060 |
26 | Rickey Henderson * | 3,055 |
27 | Rod Carew * | 3,053 |
28 | Lou Brock * | 3,023 |
29 | Rafael Palmeiro | 3,020 |
30 | Wade Boggs * | 3,010 |
31 | Al Kaline * | 3,007 |
32 | Roberto Clemente * | 3,000 |
33 | Sam Rice * | 2,987 |
34 | Sam Crawford * | 2,961 |
35 | Frank Robinson * | 2,943 |
36 | Barry Bonds | 2,935 |
37 | Willie Keeler * | 2,932 |
38 | Jake Beckley * | 2,930 |
39 | Rogers Hornsby * | 2,930 |
40 | Al Simmons * | 2,927 |
41 | Zack Wheat * | 2,884 |
42 | Frankie Frisch * | 2,880 |
43 | Omar Vizquel | 2,877 |
44 | Mel Ott * | 2,876 |
45 | Babe Ruth * | 2,873 |
46 | Harold Baines * | 2,866 |
47 | Jesse Burkett * | 2,850 |
48 | Brooks Robinson * | 2,848 |
49 | Iván Rodríguez * | 2,844 |
50 | Charlie Gehringer * | 2,839 |
51 | Miguel Cabrera (10) | 2,825 |
52 | George Sisler * | 2,812 |
53 | Ken Griffey Jr. * | 2,781 |
54 | Andre Dawson * | 2,774 |
55 | Johnny Damon | 2,769 |
56 | Vada Pinson | 2,757 |
57 | Luke Appling * | 2,749 |
58 | Al Oliver | 2,743 |
59 | Goose Goslin * | 2,735 |
60 | Tony Pérez * | 2,732 |
61 | Chipper Jones * | 2,726 |
62 | Carlos Beltrán | 2,725 |
63 | Roberto Alomar * | 2,724 |
64 | Lou Gehrig * | 2,721 |
65 | Rusty Staub | 2,716 |
66 | Bill Buckner | 2,715 |
67 | Dave Parker | 2,712 |
68 | Billy Williams * | 2,711 |
69 | Doc Cramer | 2,705 |
70 | Gary Sheffield | 2,689 |
71 | Fred Clarke * [lower-alpha 4] | 2,678 |
72 | Luis Aparicio * | 2,677 |
Rank | Player | Hits |
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145 | Jim Thome * | 2,328 |
146 | Édgar Rentería | 2,327 |
147 | Dave Concepción | 2,326 |
Jake Daubert | 2,326 | |
B. J. Surhoff | 2,326 | |
150 | Eddie Mathews * | 2,315 |
151 | Jeff Bagwell * | 2,314 |
152 | Jim Bottomley * | 2,313 |
153 | Bobby Wallace * | 2,309 |
154 | Kirby Puckett * | 2,304 |
155 | Aramis Ramírez | 2,303 |
Dan Brouthers * | 2,303 | |
157 | Charlie Grimm | 2,299 |
Kiki Cuyler * | 2,299 | |
159 | Hugh Duffy * | 2,293 |
160 | Joe Cronin * | 2,285 |
161 | Gary Gaetti | 2,280 |
162 | Tony Fernández | 2,276 |
163 | Carlos Lee | 2,273 |
164 | Tommy Corcoran | 2,259 |
165 | Bid McPhee * | 2,258 |
166 | Jimmy Dykes | 2,256 |
Patsy Donovan | 2,256 | |
168 | Willie McGee | 2,254 |
Ron Santo * | 2,254 | |
170 | José Cruz | 2,251 |
Marquis Grissom | 2,251 | |
172 | Bert Campaneris | 2,249 |
173 | Edgar Martínez * | 2,247 |
173 | John Olerud | 2,239 |
175 | Mike Schmidt * | 2,234 |
176 | Willie Stargell * | 2,232 |
177 | Fred Tenney | 2,231 |
178 | Joe Sewell * | 2,226 |
179 | Graig Nettles | 2,225 |
180 | Darrell Evans | 2,223 |
181 | Joe Kelley * | 2,220 |
182 | Juan Pierre | 2,217 |
183 | Joe DiMaggio * | 2,214 |
184 | Joe Kuhel | 2,212 |
185 | Willie McCovey * | 2,211 |
186 | Willie Randolph | 2,210 |
187 | Willie Wilson | 2,207 |
188 | Jason Kendall | 2,195 |
189 | Stan Hack | 2,193 |
190 | Bill Terry * | 2,193 |
191 | Cecil Cooper | 2,192 |
192 | Larry Bowa | 2,191 |
193 | Joe Carter | 2,184 |
194 | Keith Hernández | 2,182 |
195 | Will Clark | 2,176 |
196 | Pee Wee Reese * | 2,170 |
197 | Sherry Magee | 2,169 |
198 | Dick Bartell | 2,165 |
199 | Billy Hamilton * | 2,164 |
200 | Larry Walker * | 2,160 |
201 | Hal Chase | 2,158 |
202 | Magglio Ordóñez | 2,156 |
203 | Don Mattingly | 2,153 |
Víctor Martínez | 2,153 | |
205 | Rubén Sierra | 2,152 |
206 | Yogi Berra * | 2,150 |
Ed Konetchy | 2,150 | |
208 | Ken Boyer | 2,143 |
Ken Griffey, Sr. | 2,143 | |
Tommy Leach | 2,143 | |
211 | Plácido Polanco | 2,142 |
212 | Dick Groat | 2,138 |
Wally Moses | 2,138 | |
José Reyes | 2,138 | |
215 | Don Baylor | 2,135 |
216 | Moisés Alou | 2,134 |
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See also
- Baseball statistics
- 3,000 hit club
- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders
- Top 15, and List of active MLB players in the Top 50 in Strikeouts
- List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career on-base percentage leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders
- List of Nippon Professional Baseball career hits leaders
- List of KBO Career Hits leaders
Notes
- A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
- Major League Baseball lists Cobb's hit total at 4,191, although some independent baseball historians have revised the total to 4,189 because of double-counting a 2-hit day.
- Cap Anson's hit amounts are different depending on source and what hits are included in various leagues he played in. His total varies from 2,995 to 3,435. MLB.com credits him with 3,011. Major League Baseball credits him with 3,081 hits, which is verified by Elias Sports Bureau. Baseball-Reference.com credits him with 3,435.
- Fred Clarke's hit amounts are different depending on the source. His total varies from 2,672 to 2,678. MLB.com credits him with 2,672. Baseball-Reference.com credits him with 2,678 with 3 hits additionally in 1894 and 1897.
References
- General
- "Career Leaders & Records for Hits". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- Specific
- Pellowski, Michael J. (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. p. 21. ISBN 1402742738. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
baseball 2,000 hits.
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