List of Major League Baseball hit records

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This is a list of Major League Baseball hit records. Bolded names mean the player is still active and playing.

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200 hits in one season

This section is an excerpt from 3,000-hit club § Members.[ edit ]
Statistics updated as of the end of the 2023 season.
PlayerHitsAverageDateTeamSeasons3,000th hitRef
Pete Rose [a] 4,256.303May 5, 1978 Cincinnati Reds 1963–1986Single [1]
Ty Cobb *4,191 [b] .366August 19, 1921 Detroit Tigers 1905–1928 [6]
Hank Aaron †*3,771.305May 17, 1970 Atlanta Braves 1954–1976 [7]
Stan Musial *3,630.331May 13, 1958 St. Louis Cardinals 1941–1944, 1946–1963Double [8]
Tris Speaker *3,514.345May 17, 1925 Cleveland Indians 1907–1928Single [9]
Derek Jeter *3,465.310July 9, 2011 New York Yankees 1995–2014Home run [10]
Honus Wagner *3,430.329June 9, 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates 1897–1917Double [11]
Carl Yastrzemski *3,419.285September 12, 1979 Boston Red Sox 1961–1983Single [12]
Albert Pujols †3,384.296May 4, 2018 Los Angeles Angels 2001–2022 [13]
Paul Molitor *3,319.306September 16, 1996 Minnesota Twins 1978–1998Triple [14]
Eddie Collins *3,314.333June 3, 1925 Chicago White Sox 1906–1930Single [15]
Willie Mays †*3,293.301July 18, 1970 San Francisco Giants 1948, 1951–1952, 1954–1973 [16]
Eddie Murray †*3,255.287June 30, 1995 Cleveland Indians 1977–1997 [17]
Nap Lajoie *3,252 [c] .339September 27, 1914 Cleveland Naps 1896–1916Double [21]
Cal Ripken Jr. *3,184.276April 15, 2000 Baltimore Orioles 1981–2001Single [22]
Miguel Cabrera †3,174.307April 23, 2022 Detroit Tigers 2003–2023 [23]
Adrián Beltré *3,166.286July 30, 2017 Texas Rangers 1998–2018Double [24]
George Brett *3,154.305September 30, 1992 Kansas City Royals 1973–1993Single [25]
Paul Waner *3,152.333June 19, 1942 Boston Braves 1926–1945 [26]
Robin Yount *3,142.285September 9, 1992 Milwaukee Brewers 1974–1993 [27]
Tony Gwynn *3,141.338August 6, 1999 San Diego Padres 1982–2001 [28]
Alex Rodriguez †3,115.295June 19, 2015 New York Yankees 1994–2013, 2015–2016Home run [29]
Dave Winfield *3,110.283September 16, 1993 Minnesota Twins 1973–1995Single [30]
Ichiro Suzuki 3,089.311August 7, 2016 Miami Marlins 2001–2019Triple [31]
Craig Biggio *3,060.281June 28, 2007 Houston Astros 1988–2007Single [d] [33]
Rickey Henderson *3,055.279October 7, 2001 San Diego Padres 1979–2003Double [34]
Rod Carew *3,053.328August 4, 1985 California Angels 1967–1985Single [35]
Lou Brock *3,023.293August 13, 1979 St. Louis Cardinals 1961–1979 [36]
Rafael Palmeiro †3,020.288July 15, 2005 Baltimore Orioles 1986–2005Double [37]
Cap Anson *3,011 [e] .331July 18, 1897 [e] Chicago Colts 1871–1897Single [44]
Wade Boggs *3,010.328August 7, 1999 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1982–1999Home run [45]
Al Kaline *3,007.297September 24, 1974 Detroit Tigers 1953–1974Double [46]
Roberto Clemente *3,000.317September 30, 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 1955–1972 [47]

240+ hits in one season

PlayerHits [48] TeamSeason
Ichiro Suzuki 262 Seattle Mariners 2004
George Sisler 257 St. Louis Browns 1920
Lefty O'Doul 254 Philadelphia Phillies 1929
Bill Terry 254 New York Giants 1930
Al Simmons 253 Philadelphia Athletics 1925
Rogers Hornsby 250 St. Louis Cardinals 1922
Chuck Klein 250 Philadelphia Phillies 1930
Ty Cobb 248 Detroit Tigers 1911
George Sisler 246 St. Louis Browns 1922
Ichiro Suzuki 242 [f] Seattle Mariners 2001
Heinie Manush 241 St. Louis Browns 1928
Babe Herman 241 Brooklyn Dodgers 1930
Wade Boggs 240 Boston Red Sox 1985
Darin Erstad 240 Anaheim Angels 2000

Evolution of the single season record for hits

Hits [49] PlayerTeamYearYears Record Stood
138 Ross Barnes Chicago White Stockings 18767
146 Roger Connor New York Gothams 18831
162 Ezra Sutton Boston Beaneaters 18841
169 Roger Connor New York Gothams 18851
187 Cap Anson Chicago White Stockings 18861
225 Tip O'Neill St. Louis Cardinals 18877
237 Hugh Duffy Boston Braves 18945
238 Ed Delahanty Philadelphia Phillies 189912
248 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 19119
257 George Sisler St. Louis Browns 192084
262 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners 200420 (current)

Three or more seasons with 215+ hits

PlayerSeasonsSeasons & Teams
Paul Waner [50] 71927–1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936–1937 Pittsburgh
Rogers Hornsby [51] 51920–1922, 1924 St. Louis-NL; 1929 Chicago-NL
Ichiro Suzuki [52] 52001, 2004, 2006–2007, 2009 Seattle
Ty Cobb [53] 41909, 1911–1912, 1917 Detroit
George Sisler [54] 41920–1922, 1925 St. Louis-AL
Sam Rice [55] 31924–1926 Washington-AL
Joe Medwick [56] 31935–1937 St. Louis-NL
Stan Musial [57] 31943, 1946, 1948 St. Louis-NL
Pete Rose [58] 31969, 1973, 1976 Cincinnati
Kirby Puckett [59] 31986, 1988–1989 Minnesota
Michael Young [60] 32004–2006 Texas

Five or more seasons with 200+ hits

PlayerSeasonsSeasons & Teams
Ichiro Suzuki 102001–2010 Seattle (consecutive years - record)
Pete Rose 101965–1966, 1968–1970, 1973, 1975–1977 Cincinnati; 1979 Philadelphia-NL
Ty Cobb 91907, 1909, 1911–1912, 1915–1917, 1922, 1924 Detroit
Paul Waner 81927–1930, 1932, 1934, 1936–1937 Pittsburgh
Lou Gehrig [61] 81927–1928, 1930–1932, 1934, 1936–1937 New York-AL
Willie Keeler [62] 81894–1898 Baltimore; 1899–1901 Brooklyn-NL
Derek Jeter [63] 81998–2000, 2005–2007, 2009, 2012 New York-AL
Rogers Hornsby 71920–1922, 1924–1925 St. Louis-NL; 1927 New York-NL; 1929 Chicago-NL
Charlie Gehringer [64] 71929–1930, 1933–1937 Detroit
Wade Boggs [65] 71983–1989 Boston-AL
George Sisler 61920–1922, 1925, 1927 St. Louis-AL; 1929 Boston-NL
Sam Rice 61920, 1924–1926, 1928, 1930 Washington-AL
Al Simmons [66] 61925, 1929–1932 Philadelphia-AL; 1933 Chicago-AL
Stan Musial 61943, 1946, 1948–1949, 1951, 1953 St. Louis-NL
Steve Garvey [67] 61974–1976, 1978–1980 Los Angeles-NL
Michael Young 62003–2007, 2011 Texas
Chuck Klein [68] 51929–1933 Philadelphia-NL
Kirby Puckett 51986–1989, 1992 Minnesota
Tony Gwynn [69] 51984, 1986–1987, 1989, 1997 San Diego

100 or more hits from each side of the plate, season

PlayerLH hitsRH hitsSeason & Teams
Garry Templeton 1111001979 St. Louis Cardinals [70]
Willie Wilson 1301001980 Kansas City Royals [70]

League leader in hits

League leader in hits 5 or more seasons

PlayerTitles [71] Seasons & Teams
Ty Cobb 81907–1909, 1911–1912, 1915, 1917, 1919 Detroit
Pete Rose 71965, 1968, 1970, 1972–1973, 1976 Cincinnati; 1981 Philadelphia-NL
Tony Gwynn 71984, 1986–1987, 1989, 1994–1995, 1997 San Diego
Ichiro Suzuki 72001, 2004, 2006–2010 Seattle
Stan Musial 61943–1944, 1946, 1948–1949, 1952 St. Louis-NL
Tony Oliva 51964–1966, 1969–1970 Minnesota

League leader in hits 3 or more consecutive seasons

PlayerTitlesSeasons & Teams
Ichiro Suzuki 52006–2010 Seattle Mariners
Jose Altuve 42014–2017 Houston Astros
Ginger Beaumont 31902–1904 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ty Cobb 31907–1909 Detroit Tigers
Rogers Hornsby 31920–1922 St. Louis Cardinals
Tony Oliva 31964–1966 Minnesota Twins
Kirby Puckett 31987–1989 Minnesota Twins
Johnny Pesky 3 [g] 1942, 1946–1947 Boston Red Sox
Stan Musial 3 [h] 1943-1944, 1946 St. Louis Cardinals

League leader in hits, three decades

PlayerSeasons & Teams
Pete Rose 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972–1973, 1976 Cincinnati Reds; 1981 Philadelphia Phillies

League leader in hits, both leagues

PlayerSeasons & Teams
Lance Johnson 1995 Chicago White Sox; 1996 New York Mets

League leader in hits, three different teams

PlayerSeasons & Teams
Paul Molitor 1991 Milwaukee Brewers; 1993 Toronto Blue Jays; 1996 Minnesota Twins

Consecutive game hitting streaks of 30 or more games

PlayerGames [72] TeamSeason
Joe DiMaggio 56 New York Yankees 1941
Willie Keeler 45 (1, 44) Baltimore Orioles 1896 – 1897
Pete Rose 44 Cincinnati Reds 1978
Bill Dahlen 42 Chicago Colts 1894
George Sisler 41 St. Louis Browns 1922
Ty Cobb 40 Detroit Tigers 1911
Paul Molitor 39 Milwaukee Brewers 1987
Jimmy Rollins 38 (36, 2) Philadelphia Phillies 2005–2006
Tommy Holmes 37 Boston Braves 1945
Gene DeMontreville 36 Washington Senators 1896 – 1897
Fred Clarke 35 Louisville Colonels 1895
Ty Cobb 35 Detroit Tigers 1917
George Sisler 35 (1, 34) St. Louis Browns 1924–1925
Luis Castillo 35 Florida Marlins 2002
Chase Utley 35 Philadelphia Phillies 2006
George McQuinn 34 St. Louis Browns 1938
Dom DiMaggio 34 Boston Red Sox 1949
Benito Santiago 34 San Diego Padres 1987
George Davis 33 New York Giants 1893
Hal Chase 33 New York Highlanders 1907
Rogers Hornsby 33 St. Louis Cardinals 1922
Heinie Manush 33 Washington Senators 1933
Dan Uggla 33 Atlanta Braves 2011
Harry Heilmann 32 (11, 23) Detroit Tigers 1922–1923
Hal Morris 32 (29, 3) Cincinnati Reds 1996–1997
Ed Delahanty 31 Philadelphia Phillies 1899
Napoleon Lajoie 31 Cleveland Naps 1906
Sam Rice 31 Washington Senators 1924
Vada Pinson 31 (27, 4) Cincinnati Reds 1965–1966
Willie Davis 31 Los Angeles Dodgers 1969
Rico Carty 31 Atlanta Braves 1970
Ron LeFlore 31 (1, 30) Detroit Tigers 1975–1976
Ken Landreaux 31 Minnesota Twins 1980
Vladimir Guerrero 31 Montréal Expos 1999
Whit Merrifield 31 (20, 11) Kansas City Royals 2018–2019
Cal McVey 30 Chicago White Stockings 1876
Elmer Smith 30 Cincinnati Reds 1898
Tris Speaker 30 Boston Red Sox 1912
Sam Rice 30 (2, 28) [73] Washington Senators 1929–1930
Goose Goslin 30 Detroit Tigers 1934
Stan Musial 30 St. Louis Cardinals 1950
George Brett 30 Kansas City Royals 1980
Jerome Walton 30 Chicago Cubs 1989
Sandy Alomar Jr. 30 Cleveland Indians 1997
Nomar Garciaparra 30 Boston Red Sox 1997
Eric Davis 30 Baltimore Orioles 1998
Luis Gonzalez 30 Arizona Diamondbacks 1999
Albert Pujols 30 St. Louis Cardinals 2003
Willy Taveras 30 Houston Astros 2006
Moisés Alou 30 New York Mets 2007
Ryan Zimmerman 30 Washington Nationals 2009
Andre Ethier 30 Los Angeles Dodgers 2011
Freddie Freeman 30 Atlanta Braves 2016

Where possible, hitting streaks that extend between seasons are broken down to show when the hits occurred. For example, Keeler's (1, 44) indicates 1 hit in 1896, and 44 in 1897. [i]

This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak. [75] In 1887, the major leagues adopted a new rule which counted walks as hits, a rule which was dropped after that season. Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000, Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision, ruling that the statistics which were recognized in each year's official records should stand, even in cases where they were later proven incorrect. Paradoxically, the ruling affects only hit totals for the year; the batting champion for the year is not recognized as the all-time leader despite having the highest single-season average under the ruling, and Lyons' hitting streak is not recognized.

Consecutive game hitting streaks to start a career

PlayerGames [72] TeamSeason
Chuck Aleno 17 Cincinnati Reds 1941
David Dahl 17 Colorado Rockies 2016
Juan Pierre 16 Colorado Rockies 2000
James Jones 14 Seattle Mariners 2014
Dale Alexander 13 Detroit Tigers 1929
Mike Woodard 13 San Francisco Giants 1985
Rocco Baldelli 13 Tampa Bay Rays 2003
Glenn Williams 13 Minnesota Twins 2005

7 or more hits by an individual in one game

Hits [76] PlayerTeamDateOpponent
9 [j] Johnny Burnett Cleveland Indians July 10, 1932 Philadelphia Athletics
7 Wilbert Robinson Baltimore Orioles June 10, 1892 St. Louis Browns
7 [k] César Gutiérrez Detroit Tigers June 21, 1970 Cleveland Indians
7 [l] Rocky Colavito Detroit Tigers June 24, 1962 New York Yankees
7 Rennie Stennett Pittsburgh Pirates September 16, 1975 Chicago Cubs
7 [m] Brandon Crawford San Francisco Giants August 8, 2016 Miami Marlins

6 hits in a game by an individual, twice

PlayerTeamDate
Cal McVey Chicago White Stockings July 22, 1876
Chicago White Stockings July 25, 1876
Jim Bottomley St. Louis Cardinals September 16, 1924
St. Louis Cardinals August 5, 1931
Doc Cramer Philadelphia Athletics June 20, 1932
Philadelphia Athletics July 13, 1935
Kirby Puckett Minnesota Twins August 30, 1987
Minnesota Twins May 23, 1991

Excluded on this list are Henry Larkin, who accomplished this with the Washington Senators in the American Association, and Ed Delahanty, with the Philadelphia Phillies in the Players' League.

3 hits by an individual in one inning

1,660 hits by a team in one season

Hits [77] TeamSeason
1,783 Philadelphia Phillies 1930
1,769 New York Giants 1930
1,732 Philadelphia Phillies 1894
1,732 St. Louis Cardinals 1930
1,723 Detroit Tigers 1921
1,722 Chicago Cubs 1930
1,715 Cleveland Indians 1936
1,698 Pittsburgh Pirates 1922
1,693 Philadelphia Phillies 1929
1,684 St. Louis Browns 1922
1,684 Boston Red Sox 1997
1,683 New York Yankees 1930
1,676 New York Yankees 1936
1,672 Detroit Tigers 1929
1,667 Boston Red Sox 2003
1,667 New York Yankees 1931
1,665 Boston Red Sox 1950
1,665 Cleveland Indians 1996
1,664 Colorado Rockies 2000
1,664 Philadelphia Phillies 1895
1,663 Colorado Rockies 2001
1,661 New York Giants 1922

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to betting on games while managing an MLB team, Pete Rose received a lifetime ban from baseball and is not eligible for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  2. ↑ MLB.com and the Hall of Fame credit Cobb with 4,191 hits, [2] [3] while Baseball-Reference lists 4,189; the discrepancy is due to a possible double-counted game in 1910 in which Cobb was credited with 2 hits. [4] [5]
  3. ↑ MLB.com credits Lajoie with 3,252 hits, [18] while Baseball-Reference lists 3,243. [19] The discrepancy is due to a transcription error for Lajoie's hit total in 1901, 229, which until 1954 was inaccurately recorded as 220. [20]
  4. ↑ Biggio was thrown out trying to stretch his single into a double. [32]
  5. 1 2 Two major factors have confused Anson's precise hit total. First, a rule which existed for only the 1887 MLB season counted walks as hits. [38] Additionally, Anson played five seasons in the National Association (NA), which is not always recognized as an official "major league". [39] [40] MLB.com credits Anson with 3,011 career hits, not including his time in the NA or his walks in 1887. [41] Baseball-Reference credits him with 3,435 hits, including his time in the NA, not including his walks in 1887, and crediting him with one more hit than MLB.com for his hit total in 1894. [42] The Hall of Fame shows 3,081 hits for Anson, including his walks in 1887 (for a total of 224 hits that season) but not including NA playing time. [43] Elias Sports Bureau also credits him with 3,081 hits. [44] The date listed in this article comes from MLB.com, using their hit totals for Anson.
  6. ↑ While Ichiro Suzuki had played professionally in Japan, this mark is considered the Major League Baseball record for rookies, as this was his first year in Major League Baseball.
  7. ↑ After leading the American League in 1942, Pesky missed the next three full seasons serving in World War II. As 1942 was his rookie season, he is the only player to lead his league in hits for his first three seasons.
  8. ↑ After leading the National League in 1944, Musial missed the next season serving in World War II.
  9. ↑ Major League Baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: Longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. Rollins 2005–2006). [74] Keeler's, Sisler's, and Rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing single-season streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing multiple-season streaks.
  10. ↑ 18 inning game
  11. ↑ Second game of a double header
  12. ↑ 22 inning game
  13. ↑ 14 inning game

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