List of Major League Baseball career hits Leaders - wikipedia List of Major League Baseball career hits Leaders Below is the list of the 283 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. Ichiro Suzuki is the current active leader. 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 in parentheses † denotes player has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Stats are updated as of the 2017 season. 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 Alex Rodriguez 3,115 20 Dave Winfield † 3,110 21 Ichiro Suzuki ( 50 ) 3,080 22 Craig Biggio † 3,060 23 Rickey Henderson † 3,055 24 Rod Carew † 3,053 25 Adrián Beltré ( 106 ) 3,048 26 Lou Brock † 3,023 27 Rafael Palmeiro 3,020 28 Cap Anson † 3,011 29 Wade Boggs † 3,010 30 Al Kaline † 3,007 31 Roberto Clemente † 3,000 32 Sam Rice † 2,987 33 Albert Pujols ( 143 ) 2,968 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 ( 108 ) 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 Luis Aparicio † 2,677 71 Fred Clarke † 2,672 Rank Player Hits 72 Max Carey † 2,665 73 Nellie Fox † 2,663 George Davis † 2,660 Harry Heilmann † 2,660 76 Ted Williams † 2,654 77 Jimmie Foxx † 2,646 78 Lave Cross 2,645 79 Miguel Cabrera ( 117 ) 2,636 80 Rabbit Maranville † 2,605 Tim Raines † 2,605 82 Steve Garvey 2,599 83 Ed Delahanty † 2,596 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 Pie Traynor 2,416 121 Mickey Mantle † 2,415 122 Sammy Sosa 2,408 123 Miguel Tejada 2,407 124 Stuffy McInnis 2,405 125 Ryne Sandberg † 2,386 126 Enos Slaughter † 2,383 127 Chili Davis 2,380 128 Edd Roush † 2,376 Robinson Canó ( 166 ) 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 Rank Player Hits 143 Jim Thome 2,328 144 Édgar Rentería 2,327 145 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 Jason Kendall 2,195 188 Stan Hack 2,193 Bill Terry † 2,193 190 Cecil Cooper 2,192 191 Larry Bowa 2,191 192 Joe Carter 2,184 193 Keith Hernández 2,182 194 Will Clark 2,176 195 Pee Wee Reese † 2,170 196 Sherry Magee 2,167 197 Dick Bartell 2,165 198 Larry Walker 2,160 199 Billy Hamilton † 2,159 200 Hal Chase 2,158 201 Magglio Ordóñez 2,156 202 Don Mattingly 2,153 203 Rubén Sierra 2,152 204 Yogi Berra † 2,150 Ed Konetchy 2,150 206 Ken Boyer 2,143 Ken Griffey, Sr. 2,143 Tommy Leach 2,143 209 Plácido Polanco 2,142 210 Dick Groat 2,138 Wally Moses 2,138 212 Don Baylor 2,135 213 Moisés Alou 2,134 Rank Player Hits Maury Wills 2,134 215 Buddy Myer 2,131 216 Herman Long 2,128 217 Mike Piazza † 2,127 218 Tommy Davis 2,121 219 Duke Snider † 2,116 220 Dale Murphy 2,111 221 Chris Chambliss 2,109 222 Ellis Burks 2,107 223 Paul O'Neill 2,105 224 John Montgomery Ward † 2,104 225 Arky Vaughan † 2,103 226 Felipe Alou 2,101 227 Clyde Milan 2,100 228 Brian Downing 2,099 229 Garry Templeton 2,096 230 José Reyes ( 123 ) 2,095 Alfonso Soriano 2,095 232 Gary Carter † 2,092 Harvey Kuenn 2,092 234 Hal McRae 2,091 235 Alvin Dark 2,089 236 César Cedeño 2,087 237 Harmon Killebrew † 2,086 238 Tim Wallach 2,085 239 Jimmy Sheckard 2,084 240 Ed McKean 2,083 241 Matt Holliday ( 86 ) 2,081 242 Scott Rolen 2,077 George J. Burns 2,077 244 Chuck Klein † 2,076 245 Carney Lansford 2,074 246 Dixie Walker 2,064 247 Del Ennis 2,063 Bobby Veach 2,063 249 Bob Elliott 2,061 250 Wally Joyner 2,060 251 Orlando Cabrera 2,055 252 Ray Durham 2,054 George Kell † 2,054 254 Nick Markakis ( 163 ) 2,052 255 Indian Bob Johnson 2,051 256 Johnny Bench 2,048 257 Dummy Hoy 2,045 258 A.J. Pierzynski 2,043 259 Bobby Doerr † 2,042 260 Mark Grudzielanek 2,040 Jack Glasscock 2,040 262 Carlos Delgado 2,038 263 Víctor Martínez ( 100 ) 2,036 264 Raúl Ibañez 2,034 265 Lee May 2,031 266 Ken Singleton 2,029 Brandon Phillips ( 163 ) 2,026 268 Tony Phillips 2,023 269 Amos Otis 2,020 Reggie Smith 2,020 271 Earl Averill † 2,019 272 George H. Burns 2,018 273 Bill Mazeroski † 2,016 274 Gary Matthews 2,011 Johnny Mize † 2,011 276 Bobby Bonilla 2,010 Jason Giambi 2,010 Adrian Gonzalez ( 56 ) 2,010 279 Bill Madlock 2,008 280 Tony Taylor 2,007 281 Frank White 2,006 282 Dave Bancroft † 2,004 Todd Zeile 2,004 284 Shawn Green 2,003 Through the 2017 season, these active players have at least 1,800 hits : Joe Mauer 160 in 2017 ( 1,986 ) Chase Utley 73 in 2017 ( 1,850 ) Ian Kinsler 130 in 2017 ( 1,826 ) Dustin Pedroia 119 in 2017 ( 1,802 ) 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 2995 to 3435. MLB.com credits him with 3,011. Major League Baseball credits him with 3,081 hits, which is verified by Elias Sports Bureau. 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 in major league baseball history
Answer: Pete Rose