List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders

Below is the list of the 285 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 are the only players with 4,000 career hits. George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, doing so during the 1902 season.[1]

Players with 2,000 or more hits

Rank Player Hits
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 † 3,430
8 Carl Yastrzemski † 3,419
9 Paul Molitor † 3,319
10 Eddie Collins † 3,314
11 Willie Mays † 3,283
12 Eddie Murray † 3,255
13 Nap Lajoie † 3,252
14 Cal Ripken, Jr. † 3,184
15 Adrián Beltré (116) 3,164
16 George Brett † 3,154
17 Paul Waner † 3,152
18 Robin Yount † 3,142
19 Tony Gwynn † 3,141
20 Alex Rodriguez 3,115
21 Dave Winfield † 3,110
22 Ichiro Suzuki 3,089
23 Albert Pujols (114) 3,082
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 George Sisler † 2,812
52 Ken Griffey Jr. † 2,781
53 Andre Dawson † 2,774
54 Johnny Damon 2,769
55 Vada Pinson 2,757
56 Luke Appling † 2,749
57 Al Oliver 2,743
58 Goose Goslin † 2,735
59 Tony Pérez † 2,732
60 Chipper Jones † 2,726
61 Carlos Beltrán 2,725
62 Roberto Alomar † 2,724
63 Lou Gehrig † 2,721
64 Rusty Staub 2,716
65 Bill Buckner 2,715
66 Dave Parker 2,712
67 Billy Williams † 2,711
68 Doc Cramer 2,705
69 Gary Sheffield 2,689
70 Fred Clarke † [lower-alpha 4] 2,678
71 Luis Aparicio † 2,677
72 Miguel Cabrera (40) 2,676
Rank Player Hits
73 Max Carey † 2,665
74 Nellie Fox † 2,663
75 George Davis † 2,660
Harry Heilmann † 2,660
77 Ted Williams † 2,654
78 Jimmie Foxx † 2,646
79 Lave Cross 2,645
80 Rabbit Maranville † 2,605
Tim Raines † 2,605
82 Steve Garvey 2,599
83 Ed Delahanty † 2,596
84 Luis González 2,591
85 Vladimir Guerrero † 2,590
86 Julio Franco 2,586
87 Reggie Jackson † 2,584
88 Ernie Banks † 2,583
89 Richie Ashburn † 2,574
Manny Ramirez 2,574
91 Willie Davis 2,561
92 Steve Finley 2,548
93 George Van Haltren 2,539
94 Garret Anderson 2,529
95 Heinie Manush † 2,524
96 Todd Helton 2,519
97 Joe Morgan † 2,517
98 Buddy Bell 2,514
99 Jimmy Ryan 2,512
100 Mickey Vernon 2,495
101 Fred McGriff 2,490
102 David Ortiz 2,472
Ted Simmons 2,472
104 Joe Medwick † 2,471
105 Bobby Abreu 2,470
106 Robinson Canó (93) 2,469
107 Frank Thomas † 2,468
108 Roger Connor † 2,467
109 Harry Hooper † 2,466
110 Jeff Kent 2,461
111 Ozzie Smith † 2,460
112 Lloyd Waner † 2,459
113 Bill Dahlen 2,457
114 Jimmy Rollins 2,455
115 Jim Rice † 2,452
Torii Hunter 2,452
117 Red Schoendienst † 2,449
118 Dwight Evans 2,446
119 Mark Grace 2,445
120 Kenny Lofton 2,428
121 Pie Traynor † 2,416
122 Mickey Mantle † 2,415
123 Sammy Sosa 2,408
124 Miguel Tejada 2,407
125 Stuffy McInnis 2,405
126 Ryne Sandberg † 2,386
127 Enos Slaughter † 2,383
128 Chili Davis 2,380
129 Edd Roush † 2,376
130 Brett Butler 2,375
Michael Young 2,375
132 Lou Whitaker 2,369
133 Alan Trammell † 2,365
134 Carlton Fisk † 2,356
135 Joe Judge 2,352
136 Orlando Cepeda † 2,351
137 Billy Herman † 2,345
138 Joe Torre † 2,342
139 Paul Konerko 2,340
Barry Larkin † 2,340
141 Bernie Williams 2,336
142 Andrés Galarraga 2,333
143 Jim Thome † 2,328
144 Édgar Rentería 2,327
Rank Player Hits
145 Dave Concepción 2,326
Jake Daubert 2,326
B. J. Surhoff 2,326
148 Eddie Mathews † 2,315
149 Jeff Bagwell † 2,314
150 Jim Bottomley † 2,313
151 Bobby Wallace † 2,309
152 Jim O'Rourke † 2,304
153 Kirby Puckett † 2,304
154 Aramis Ramírez 2,303
155 Charlie Grimm 2,299
Kiki Cuyler † 2,299
157 Dan Brouthers † 2,296
158 Hugh Duffy † 2,292
159 Joe Cronin † 2,285
160 Gary Gaetti 2,280
161 Tony Fernández 2,276
162 Carlos Lee 2,273
163 Jimmy Dykes 2,256
164 Willie McGee 2,254
Ron Santo † 2,254
166 Patsy Donovan 2,253
167 Tommy Corcoran 2,252
168 José Cruz 2,251
Marquis Grissom 2,251
170 Bid McPhee † 2,250
171 Bert Campaneris 2,249
172 Edgar Martínez 2,247
173 John Olerud 2,239
174 Nick Markakis (185) 2,237
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
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 2,167
198 Dick Bartell 2,165
199 Larry Walker 2,160
200 Billy Hamilton † 2,159
201 Hal Chase 2,158
202 Magglio Ordóñez 2,156
203 Don Mattingly 2,153
204 Víctor Martínez (117) 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
214 José Reyes (42) 2,137
215 Don Baylor 2,135
Moisés Alou 2,134
Rank Player Hits
Maury Wills 2,134
218 Buddy Myer 2,131
219 Herman Long 2,128
220 Mike Piazza † 2,127
221 Tommy Davis 2,121
222 Joe Mauer (134) 2,120
223 Duke Snider † 2,116
224 Dale Murphy 2,111
225 Chris Chambliss 2,109
226 Ellis Burks 2,107
227 Paul O'Neill 2,105
228 John Montgomery Ward † 2,104
229 Arky Vaughan † 2,103
230 Felipe Alou 2,101
231 Clyde Milan 2,100
232 Brian Downing 2,099
233 Garry Templeton 2,096
Matt Holliday (15) 2,096
235 Alfonso Soriano 2,095
236 Gary Carter † 2,092
Harvey Kuenn 2,092
238 Hal McRae 2,091
239 Alvin Dark 2,089
240 César Cedeño 2,087
241 Harmon Killebrew † 2,086
242 Tim Wallach 2,085
Jimmy Sheckard 2,084
244 Ed McKean 2,083
245 Scott Rolen 2,077
George J. Burns 2,077
247 Chuck Klein † 2,076
248 Carney Lansford 2,074
249 Dixie Walker 2,064
250 Del Ennis 2,063
Bobby Veach 2,063
252 Bob Elliott 2,061
253 Wally Joyner 2,060
254 Orlando Cabrera 2,055
255 Ray Durham 2,054
George Kell † 2,054
257 Indian Bob Johnson 2,051
257 Adrian Gonzalez (40) 2,050
258 Johnny Bench † 2,048
259 Dummy Hoy 2,045
261 A. J. Pierzynski 2,043
262 Bobby Doerr † 2,042
263 Jack Glasscock 2,041
264 Mark Grudzielanek 2,040
265 Carlos Delgado 2,038
266 Raúl Ibañez 2,034
267 Lee May 2,031
268 Ken Singleton 2,029
Brandon Phillips (3) 2,029
270 Tony Phillips 2,023
271 Amos Otis 2,020
Reggie Smith 2,020
273 Earl Averill † 2,019
274 George H. Burns 2,018
275 Bill Mazeroski † 2,016
276 Gary Matthews 2,011
Johnny Mize † 2,011
278 Bobby Bonilla 2,010
Jason Giambi 2,010
280 Bill Madlock 2,008
281 Tony Taylor 2,007
282 Frank White 2,006
283 Dave Bancroft † 2,004
Todd Zeile 2,004
285 Shawn Green 2,003

Through September 28, 2018, these active players have at least 1,800 hits:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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
  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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