List of Major League Baseball career hits Leaders - wikipedia 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. Contents 1 Players with 2,000 or more hits 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links Players with 2,000 or more hits Bold denotes active player Current season total amount of hits in parentheses † '' denotes player has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Stats are updated as of August 12, 2018. Rank Player Hits Pete Rose 4,256 Ty Cobb † 4,191 Hank Aaron † 3,771 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 George Brett † 3,154 16 Paul Waner † 3,152 17 Robin Yount † 3,142 18 Tony Gwynn † 3,141 19 Adrián Beltré ( 88 ) 3,136 20 Alex Rodriguez 3,115 21 Dave Winfield † 3,110 22 Ichiro Suzuki ( 9 ) 3,089 23 Cap Anson † 3,081 24 Albert Pujols ( 107 ) 3,075 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 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 † 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 Frank Thomas † 2,468 107 Roger Connor † 2,467 108 Harry Hooper † 2,466 109 Jeff Kent 2,461 110 Ozzie Smith † 2,460 111 Lloyd Waner † 2,459 112 Bill Dahlen 2,457 113 Jimmy Rollins 2,455 114 Jim Rice † 2,452 Torii Hunter 2,452 116 Red Schoendienst † 2,449 117 Dwight Evans 2,446 118 Mark Grace 2,445 119 Kenny Lofton 2,428 120 Robinson Canó ( 41 ) 2,417 121 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 Mike Schmidt † 2,234 175 Willie Stargell † 2,232 176 Fred Tenney 2,231 177 Joe Sewell † 2,226 178 Graig Nettles 2,225 179 Darrell Evans 2,223 180 Joe Kelley † 2,220 181 Juan Pierre 2,217 182 Joe DiMaggio † 2,214 183 Joe Kuhel 2,212 184 Willie McCovey † 2,211 185 Willie Randolph 2,210 186 Willie Wilson 2,207 187 Nick Markakis ( 147 ) 2,199 188 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 Rubén Sierra 2,152 205 Yogi Berra † 2,150 Ed Konetchy 2,150 207 Ken Boyer 2,143 Ken Griffey, Sr. 2,143 Tommy Leach 2,143 210 Plácido Polanco 2,142 211 Dick Groat 2,138 Wally Moses 2,138 213 Don Baylor 2,135 214 Moisés Alou 2,134 Maury Wills 2,134 216 Buddy Myer 2,131 Rank Player Hits 217 Herman Long 2,128 José Reyes ( 33 ) 2,128 219 Mike Piazza † 2,127 220 Víctor Martínez ( 86 ) 2,122 221 Tommy Davis 2,121 222 Duke Snider † 2,116 223 Dale Murphy 2,111 224 Chris Chambliss 2,109 225 Ellis Burks 2,107 226 Paul O'Neill 2,105 227 John Montgomery Ward † 2,104 228 Arky Vaughan † 2,103 229 Felipe Alou 2,101 230 Clyde Milan 2,100 231 Brian Downing 2,099 232 Garry Templeton 2,096 233 Alfonso Soriano 2,095 234 Gary Carter † 2,092 Harvey Kuenn 2,092 236 Hal McRae 2,091 237 Alvin Dark 2,089 238 César Cedeño 2,087 239 Harmon Killebrew † 2,086 240 Tim Wallach 2,085 241 Jimmy Sheckard 2,084 242 Ed McKean 2,083 243 Matt Holliday ( 0 ) 2,081 244 Scott Rolen 2,077 George J. Burns 2,077 246 Chuck Klein † 2,076 247 Carney Lansford 2,074 Joe Mauer ( 88 ) 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 2,029 269 Brandon Phillips ( 0 ) 2,026 270 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 August 12, 2018, these active players have at least 1,800 hits : Ian Kinsler 89 in 2018 ( 1,915 ) Chase Utley 35 in 2018 ( 1,885 ) Hanley Ramirez 45 in 2018 ( 1,825 ) Yadier Molina 95 in 2018 ( 1,825 ) Melky Cabrera 29 in 2018 ( 1,815 ) Dustin Pedroia 1 in 2018 ( 1,803 ) See also Baseball portal Baseball statistics 3,000 hit club List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders Top 15, and List of active MLB players in the Top 50 in Strikeouts List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders List of Major League Baseball career on - base percentage leaders List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders List of Nippon Professional Baseball career hits leaders List of KBO Career Hits leaders Notes Jump up ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ 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 Jump up ^ 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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Question: who has the most hits ever in major league baseball
Answer: Pete Rose