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, doing so during the 1902 season.^[1]

KeyEdit

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career hits. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2019 Hits)	Number of hits during the 2019 Major League Baseball season.
Hits	Total career hits.
*	denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	denotes active player.^[a]

Players with 2,000 or more hitsEdit

Stats are updated as of September 29, 2019.

Rank	Player	Hits
1	Pete Rose	4,256
2	Ty Cobb * ^[b]	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 (120)	3,202
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 * ^[c]	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 (139)	2,815
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 * ^[d]	2,678
72	Luis Aparicio *	2,677

Rank	Player	Hits
73	Max Carey *	2,665
	George Davis *	2,665
75	Nellie Fox *	2,663
76	Harry Heilmann *	2,660
77	Ted Williams *	2,654
78	Lave Cross	2,651
79	Jimmie Foxx *	2,646
80	Jim O'Rourke *	2,639
81	Rabbit Maranville *	2,605
	Tim Raines *	2,605
83	Steve Garvey	2,599
84	Ed Delahanty *	2,596
85	Luis González	2,591
86	Vladimir Guerrero *	2,590
87	Julio Franco	2,586
88	Reggie Jackson *	2,584
89	Ernie Banks *	2,583
90	Richie Ashburn *	2,574
	Manny Ramirez	2,574
92	Robinson Canó (100)	2,570
93	Willie Davis	2,561
94	Steve Finley	2,548
95	George Van Haltren	2,544
96	Garret Anderson	2,529
97	Heinie Manush *	2,524
98	Todd Helton	2,519
99	Joe Morgan *	2,517
100	Buddy Bell	2,514
101	Jimmy Ryan	2,513
102	Mickey Vernon	2,495
103	Fred McGriff	2,490
104	David Ortiz	2,472
	Ted Simmons *	2,472
106	Joe Medwick *	2,471
107	Bobby Abreu	2,470
108	Frank Thomas *	2,468
109	Roger Connor *	2,467
110	Harry Hooper *	2,466
111	Jeff Kent	2,461
	Bill Dahlen	2,461
113	Ozzie Smith *	2,460
114	Lloyd Waner *	2,459
115	Jimmy Rollins	2,455
116	Jim Rice *	2,452
	Torii Hunter	2,452
118	Red Schoendienst *	2,449
119	Dwight Evans	2,446
120	Mark Grace	2,445
121	Kenny Lofton	2,428
122	Pie Traynor *	2,416
123	Mickey Mantle *	2,415
124	Sammy Sosa	2,408
125	Miguel Tejada	2,407
126	Stuffy McInnis	2,405
127	Ryne Sandberg *	2,386
128	Enos Slaughter *	2,383
129	Chili Davis	2,380
130	Edd Roush *	2,376
131	Brett Butler	2,375
	Michael Young	2,375
133	Lou Whitaker	2,369
134	Alan Trammell *	2,365
135	Carlton Fisk *	2,356
136	Nick Markakis (118)	2,355
137	Joe Judge	2,352
138	Orlando Cepeda *	2,351
139	Billy Herman *	2,345
140	Joe Torre *	2,342
141	Paul Konerko	2,340
	Barry Larkin *	2,340
143	Bernie Williams	2,336
144	Andrés Galarraga	2,333

Rank	Player	Hits
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

Rank	Player	Hits
	Maury Wills	2,134
218	Paul Hines	2,133
220	Buddy Myer	2,131
221	Herman Long	2,129
222	Mike Piazza *	2,127
223	Joe Mauer	2,123
224	Tommy Davis	2,121
225	Duke Snider *	2,116
226	Dale Murphy	2,111
227	Chris Chambliss	2,109
228	Ellis Burks	2,107
	John Montgomery Ward *	2,107
230	Paul O'Neill	2,105
231	Arky Vaughan *	2,103
232	Felipe Alou	2,101
233	Clyde Milan	2,100
234	Brian Downing	2,099
235	Garry Templeton	2,096
	Matt Holliday	2,096
237	Alfonso Soriano	2,095
238	Gary Carter *	2,092
	Harvey Kuenn	2,092
240	Hal McRae	2,091
241	Alvin Dark	2,089
242	César Cedeño	2,087
243	Harmon Killebrew *	2,086
244	Tim Wallach	2,085
245	Jimmy Sheckard	2,084
	Ed McKean	2,084
247	Scott Rolen	2,077
	George J. Burns	2,077
249	Chuck Klein *	2,076
250	Carney Lansford	2,074
251	Deacon White *	2,067
252	Dixie Walker	2,064
253	Del Ennis	2,063
	Bobby Veach	2,063
255	Bob Elliott	2,061
256	Wally Joyner	2,060
257	Orlando Cabrera	2,055
258	Ray Durham	2,054
	George Kell *	2,054
260	Indian Bob Johnson	2,051
261	Adrián González	2,050
262	Johnny Bench *	2,048
	Dummy Hoy	2,048
264	A. J. Pierzynski	2,043
265	Bobby Doerr *	2,042
266	Jack Glasscock	2,041
267	Mark Grudzielanek	2,040
268	Carlos Delgado	2,038
269	Raúl Ibañez	2,034
270	Lee May	2,031
271	Ken Singleton	2,029
	Brandon Phillips	2,029
273	Tony Phillips	2,023
274	Amos Otis	2,020
	Reggie Smith	2,020
276	Earl Averill *	2,019
277	George H. Burns	2,018
278	Bill Mazeroski *	2,016
279	Gary Matthews	2,011
	Johnny Mize *	2,011
281	Bobby Bonilla	2,010
	Jason Giambi	2,010
283	Bill Madlock	2,008
284	Tony Taylor	2,007
285	Frank White	2,006
286	Dave Bancroft *	2,004
	Todd Zeile	2,004
288	Shawn Green	2,003

NotesEdit

^ 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.

ReferencesEdit

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.

External linksEdit

[2] A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[1] Pellowski, Michael J. (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. p. 21. ISBN 1402742738. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

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