MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits
Among those MLB players ranked in the top twenty-five in career hits, two have achieved more than 4,000 hits and all twenty-five have attained more than 3,000 hits. Career batting averages for these twenty-five players range from .276 to .367. Twenty-one of these players had careers lasting more than 20 years and seven spent their entire careers with just one team. No active players made this list.
1. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Pete Rose
Hits: 4,256
AB: 14,053
Batting Average: .303
Season-high: 230 (1973)
Active Period: Cincinnati Reds (1963-1978, 1984-1986); Philadelphia Phillies (1979-1983); Montreal Expos (1984)
2. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Ty Cobb
Hits: 4,191
AB: 11,429
Batting Average: .367
Season-high: 248 (1911)
Active Period: Detroit Tigers (1905-1926); Philadelphia Athletics (1927-1928)
3. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Hank Aaron
Hits: 3,771
AB: 12,364
Batting Average: .305
Season-high: 223 (1959)
Active Period: Milwaukee Braves (1954-1965); Atlanta Braves (1966-1974); Milwaukee Brewers (1975-1976)
4. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Stan Musial
Hits: 3,630
AB: 10,972
Batting Average: .331
Season-high: 230 (1948)
Active Period: St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1963)
5. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Tris Speaker
Hits: 3,514
AB: 10,195
Batting Average: .345
Season-high: 222 (1912)
Active Period: Boston Red Sox (1907-1915); Cleveland Indians (1916-1926); Washington Senators (1927); Philadelphia Athletics (1928)
6. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Carl Yastrzemski
Hits: 3,419
AB: 11,988
Batting Average: .285
Season-high: 191 (1962)
Active Period: Boston Red Sox (1961-1983)
7. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Cap Anson
Hits: 3,418
AB: 10,278
Batting Average: .333
Season-high: 187 (1886)
Active Period: Rockford Forest Citys (1871); Philadelphia Athletics (1872-1875); Chicago White Stockings (1876-1889); Chicago Colts (1890-1897)
8. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Honus Wagner
Hits: 3,415
AB: 10,430
Batting Average: .327
Season-high: 201 (1900 and 1908)
Active Period: Louisville Colonels (1897-1899); Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-1917)
9. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Paul Molitor
Hits: 3,319
AB: 10,835
Batting Average: .306
Season-high: 225 (1996)
Active Period: Milwaukee Brewers (1978-1992); Toronto Blue Jays (1993-1995); Minnesota Twins (1996-1998)
10. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Eddie Collins
Hits: 3,315
AB: 9,949
Batting Average: .333
Season-high: 224 (1920)
Active Period: Philadelphia Athletics (1906-1914, 1927-1930); Chicago White Sox (1915-1926)
11. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Willie Mays
Hits: 3,283
AB: 10,881
Batting Average: .302
Season-high: 208 (1958)
Active Period: New York Giants (1951-1957); San Francisco Giants (1958-1972); New York Mets (1972-1973)
12. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Eddie Murray
Hits: 3,255
AB: 11,336
Batting Average: .287
Season-high: 186 (1980)
Active Period: Baltimore Orioles (1977-1988, 1996); Los Angeles Dodgers (1989-1991, 1997); New York Mets (1992-1993); Cleveland Indians (1994-1996); Anaheim Angels (1997)
13. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Nap Lajoie
Hits: 3,242
AB: 9,589
Batting Average: .338
Season-high: 232 (1901)
Active Period: Philadelphia Phillies (1896-1900); Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1902, 1915-1916); Cleveland Naps (1902-1914)
14. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Cal Ripken
Hits: 3,184
AB: 11,551
Batting Average: .276
Season-high: 211 (1983)
Active Period: Baltimore Orioles (1981-2001)
15. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - George Brett
Hits: 3,154
AB: 10,349
Batting Average: .305
Season-high: 215 (1976)
Active Period: Kansas City Royals (1973-1993)
16. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Paul Waner
Hits: 3,152
AB: 9,459
Batting Average: .333
Season-high: 237 (1927)
Active Period: Pittsburgh Pirates (1926-1940); Boston Braves (1941-1942); Brooklyn Dodgers (1941, 1943-1944); New York Yankees (1944-1945)
17. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Robin Yount
Hits: 3,142
AB: 11,008
Batting Average: .285
Season-high: 210 (1982)
Active Period: Milwaukee Brewers (1974-1993)
18. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Tony Gwynn
Hits: 3,741
AB: 9,288
Batting Average: .338
Season-high: 220 (1997)
Active Period: San Diego Padres (1982-2001)
19. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Dave Winfield
Hits: 3,110
AB: 11,003
Batting Average: .283
Season-high: 193 (1984)
Active Period: San Diego Padres (1973-1980); New York Yankees (1981-1988, 1990); California Angels (1990-1991); Toronto Blue Jays (1992); Minnesota Twins (1993-1994); Cleveland Indians (1995)
20. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Craig Biggio
Hits: 3,060
AB: 10,876
Batting Average: .281
Season-high: 210 (1998)
Active Period: Houston Astros (1988-2007)
21. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Rickey Henderson
Hits: 3,055
AB: 10,961
Batting Average: .279
Season-high: 179 (1980)
Active Period: Oakland Athletics (1979-1984, 1989-1993, 1994-1995, 1998); New York Yankees (1985-1989); Toronto Blue Jays (1993); San Diego Padres (1996-1997, 2001); Anaheim Angels (1997); New York Mets (1999-2000); Seattle Mariners (2000); Boston Red Sox (2002); Los Angeles Dodgers (2003)
22. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Rod Carew
Hits: 3,053
AB: 9,315
Batting Average: .328
Season-high: 239 (1977)
Active Period: Minnesota Twins (1967-1998); California Angels (1979-1985)
23. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Lou Brock
Hits: 3,023
AB: 10,332
Batting Average: .293
Season-high: 206 (1967)
Active Period: Chicago Cubs (1961-1964); St. Louis Cardinals (1964-1979)
24. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Rafael Palmeiro
Hits: 3,020
AB: 10,472
Batting Average: .288
Season-high: 203 (1991)
Active Period: Chicago Cubs (1986-1988); Texas Rangers (1989-1993, 1999-2003); Baltimore Orioles (1994-1998, 2004-2005)
25. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career Hits - Wade Boggs
Hits: 3,010
AB: 9,180
Batting Average: .328
Season-high: 240 (1985)
Active Period: Boston Red Sox (1982-1992); New York Yankees (1993-1997); Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-1999)
Source(s):
"League Leaders - Hits," MLB.com
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5 Comments
Post a CommentThis is fabulous! Cal Ripkin was one of my favorite players! Great resource for baseball fans. In case I missed you on my rounds... Happy New Year! :)
Excellent... :o)
Quite a group on this list. I was thinking Pete Rose was stripped of his stats?...or maybe that was his Hall of Fame status.
The nicest guy ever to play baseball - Cal Ripkin!
Passing the link to the fellas (they love these - use them for trivia!) cheers ;)