Pete Rose is the all-time MLB hits leader with 4,256 hits. Listed are all 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]
Players with 2,000 or more hits [ edit ] Stats updated as of April 22, 2024. Ranks 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 * 3,430 8 Carl Yastrzemski * 3,419 9 Albert Pujols 3,384 10 Paul Molitor * 3,319 11 Eddie Collins * 3,314 12 Willie Mays * 3,293 13 Eddie Murray * 3,255 14 Nap Lajoie * 3,243 15 Cal Ripken Jr. * 3,184 16 Miguel Cabrera 3,174 17 Adrián Beltré * 3,166 18 George Brett * 3,154 19 Paul Waner * 3,152 20 Robin Yount * 3,142 21 Tony Gwynn * 3,141 22 Alex Rodriguez 3,115 23 Dave Winfield * 3,110 24 Ichiro Suzuki 3,089 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 Cap Anson *[c] 3,011 31 Wade Boggs * 3,010 32 Al Kaline * 3,007 33 Roberto Clemente * 3,000 34 Sam Rice * 2,987 35 Sam Crawford * 2,961 36 Frank Robinson * 2,943 37 Barry Bonds 2,935 38 Willie Keeler * 2,932 39 Jake Beckley * 2,930 Rogers Hornsby * 2,930 41 Al Simmons * 2,927 42 Zack Wheat * 2,884 43 Frankie Frisch * 2,880 44 Omar Vizquel 2,877 45 Mel Ott * 2,876 46 Babe Ruth * 2,873 47 Harold Baines * 2,866 48 Jesse Burkett * 2,850 49 Brooks Robinson * 2,848 50 Iván Rodríguez * 2,844 51 Charlie Gehringer * 2,839 52 George Sisler * 2,810 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 Luis Aparicio * 2,677 72 Fred Clarke *[d] 2,672 73 Max Carey * 2,665
Rank Player Hits 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 Robinson Canó 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 Willie Davis 2,561 93 Steve Finley 2,548 94 George Van Haltren 2,539 95 Garret Anderson 2,529 96 Heinie Manush * 2,524 97 Todd Helton * 2,519 98 Joe Morgan * 2,517 99 Buddy Bell 2,514 100 Jimmy Ryan 2,512 101 Mickey Vernon 2,495 102 Fred McGriff * 2,490 103 David Ortiz * 2,472 Ted Simmons * 2,472 105 Joe Medwick * 2,471 106 Bobby Abreu 2,470 107 Frank Thomas * 2,468 108 Roger Connor * 2,467 109 Harry Hooper * 2,466 110 Bill Dahlen 2,461 Jeff Kent 2,461 112 Ozzie Smith * 2,460 113 Lloyd Waner * 2,459 114 Jimmy Rollins 2,455 115 Torii Hunter 2,452 Jim Rice * 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 Nick Markakis 2,388 127 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 Joe Judge 2,352 137 Orlando Cepeda * 2,351 138 Billy Herman * 2,345 139 Joe Torre * 2,342 140 Paul Konerko 2,340 Barry Larkin * 2,340 142 Bernie Williams 2,336 143 Andrés Galarraga 2,333 144 Jim Thome * 2,328 145 Édgar Rentería 2,327 146 Dave Concepción 2,326
Rank Player Hits Jake Daubert 2,326 B. J. Surhoff 2,326 149 Eddie Mathews * 2,315 150 Jeff Bagwell * 2,314 151 Jim Bottomley * 2,313 152 Bobby Wallace * 2,309 153 Jim O'Rourke * 2,304 Kirby Puckett * 2,304 155 Aramis Ramírez 2,303 156 Kiki Cuyler * 2,299 Charlie Grimm 2,299 158 Dan Brouthers * 2,296 159 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 Jimmy Dykes 2,256 165 Willie McGee 2,254 Ron Santo * 2,254 167 Patsy Donovan 2,253 168 Tommy Corcoran 2,252 169 José Cruz 2,251 Marquis Grissom 2,251 171 Bid McPhee * 2,250 172 Bert Campaneris 2,249 173 Edgar Martínez * 2,247 174 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 Bill Terry * 2,193 191 Cecil Cooper 2,192 192 Larry Bowa 2,191 193 Joe Carter 2,184 194 Keith Hernandez 2,182 195 Will Clark 2,176 196 Pee Wee Reese * 2,170 197 Sherry Magee 2,169 198 Yadier Molina 2,168 199 Dick Bartell 2,165 200 Larry Walker * 2,160 201 Billy Hamilton * 2,159 202 Hal Chase 2,158 203 Magglio Ordóñez 2,156 204 Víctor Martínez 2,153 Don Mattingly 2,153 206 Rubén Sierra 2,152 207 Yogi Berra * 2,150 Ed Konetchy 2,150 209 Ken Boyer 2,143 Ken Griffey Sr. 2,143 Tommy Leach 2,143 212 Plácido Polanco 2,142 213 Freddie Freeman (25) 2,139 214 Dick Groat 2,138 Wally Moses 2,138 José Reyes 2,138 217 Don Baylor 2,135 Joey Votto (0) 2,135 219 Moisés Alou 2,134
Rank Player Hits Maury Wills 2, 134 222 Buddy Myer 2,131 222 Herman Long 2,128 223 Mike Piazza * 2,127 224 Joe Mauer * 2,123 225 Tommy Davis 2,121 226 Duke Snider * 2,116 227 Dale Murphy 2,111 228 Chris Chambliss 2,109 229 Ellis Burks 2,107 230 Paul O'Neill 2,105 231 John Montgomery Ward * 2,104 232 Arky Vaughan * 2,103 233 Felipe Alou 2,101 234 Clyde Milan 2,100 235 Brian Downing 2,099 236 Matt Holliday 2,096 Garry Templeton 2,096 238 Alfonso Soriano 2,095 239 Gary Carter * 2,092 Harvey Kuenn 2,092 241 Elvis Andrus (0) 2,091 Hal McRae 2,091 243 Alvin Dark 2,089 244 César Cedeño 2,087 245 Harmon Killebrew * 2,086 246 Tim Wallach 2,085 247 Jimmy Sheckard 2,084 248 Ed McKean 2,083 249 José Altuve (33) 2,080 250 George J. Burns 2,077 Scott Rolen * 2,077 252 Chuck Klein * 2,076 253 Carney Lansford 2,074 254 Dixie Walker 2,064 255 Del Ennis 2,063 Bobby Veach 2,063 257 Bob Elliott 2,061 258 Wally Joyner 2,060 Andrew McCutchen (12) 2,060 260 Orlando Cabrera 2,055 261 Ray Durham 2,054 George Kell * 2,054 263 Nelson Cruz 2,053 264 Bob Johnson 2,051 265 Adrián González 2,050 266 Johnny Bench * 2,048 267 Dummy Hoy 2,045 268 A. J. Pierzynski 2,043 269 Bobby Doerr * 2,042 270 Jack Glasscock 2,040 Mark Grudzielanek 2,040 272 Carlos Delgado 2,038 273 Raúl Ibañez 2,034 274 Lee May 2,031 275 Brandon Phillips 2,029 Ken Singleton 2,029 277 Tony Phillips 2,023 278 Amos Otis 2,020 Reggie Smith 2,020 280 Earl Averill * 2,019 281 George H. Burns 2,018 282 Bill Mazeroski * 2,016 283 Gary Matthews 2,011 Johnny Mize * 2,011 285 Bobby Bonilla 2,010 Jason Giambi 2,010 287 Bill Madlock 2,008 288 Tony Taylor 2,007 289 Frank White 2,006 290 Dave Bancroft * 2,004 Todd Zeile 2,004 292 Shawn Green 2,003
Other active players with 1,800 or more hits through April 22, 2024.
See also [ edit ] ^ 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 tennis 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 the 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 [ edit ] Specific External links [ edit ]
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