# List of Major League Baseball hit records

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

## 3,000 career hits

    Statistics updated as of the end of the 2023 season.
| Player | Hits | Average | Date | Team | Seasons | 3,000th hit |
| Pete Rose | 4,256 | .303 | May 5, 1978 | Cincinnati Reds | 1963–1986 | Single |
| Ty Cobb* | 4,191 | .366 | August 19, 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 1905–1928 | Single |
| Hank Aaron$^†$* | 3,771 | .305 | May 17, 1970 | Atlanta Braves | 1954–1976 | Single |
| Stan Musial* | 3,630 | .331 | May 13, 1958 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1941–1944, 1946–1963 | Double |
| Tris Speaker* | 3,514 | .345 | May 17, 1925 | Cleveland Indians | 1907–1928 | Single |
| Derek Jeter* | 3,465 | .310 | July 9, 2011 | New York Yankees | 1995–2014 | Home run |
| Honus Wagner* | 3,430 | .329 | June 9, 1914 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1897–1917 | Double |
| Carl Yastrzemski* | 3,419 | .285 | September 12, 1979 | Boston Red Sox | 1961–1983 | Single |
| Albert Pujols$^†$ | 3,384 | .296 | May 4, 2018 | Los Angeles Angels | 2001–2022 | Single |
| Paul Molitor* | 3,319 | .306 | September 16, 1996 | Minnesota Twins | 1978–1998 | Triple |
| Eddie Collins* | 3,314 | .333 | June 3, 1925 | Chicago White Sox | 1906–1930 | Single |
| Willie Mays$^†$* | 3,293 | .301 | July 18, 1970 | San Francisco Giants | 1948, 1951–1952, 1954–1973 | Single |
| Eddie Murray$^†$* | 3,255 | .287 | June 30, 1995 | Cleveland Indians | 1977–1997 | Single |
| Nap Lajoie* | 3,252 | .339 | September 27, 1914 | Cleveland Naps | 1896–1916 | Double |
| Cal Ripken Jr.* | 3,184 | .276 | April 15, 2000 | Baltimore Orioles | 1981–2001 | Single |
| Miguel Cabrera$^†$ | 3,174 | .307 | April 23, 2022 | Detroit Tigers | 2003–2023 | Single |
| Adrián Beltré* | 3,166 | .286 | July 30, 2017 | Texas Rangers | 1998–2018 | Double |
| George Brett* | 3,154 | .305 | September 30, 1992 | Kansas City Royals | 1973–1993 | Single |
| Paul Waner* | 3,152 | .333 | June 19, 1942 | Boston Braves | 1926–1945 | Single |
| Robin Yount* | 3,142 | .285 | September 9, 1992 | Milwaukee Brewers | 1974–1993 | Single |
| Tony Gwynn* | 3,141 | .338 | August 6, 1999 | San Diego Padres | 1982–2001 | Single |
| Alex Rodriguez$^†$ | 3,115 | .295 | June 19, 2015 | New York Yankees | 1994–2013, 2015–2016 | Home run |
| Dave Winfield* | 3,110 | .283 | September 16, 1993 | Minnesota Twins | 1973–1995 | Single |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 3,089 | .311 | August 7, 2016 | Miami Marlins | 2001–2019 | Triple |
| Craig Biggio* | 3,060 | .281 | June 28, 2007 | Houston Astros | 1988–2007 | Single |
| Rickey Henderson* | 3,055 | .279 | October 7, 2001 | San Diego Padres | 1979–2003 | Double |
| Rod Carew* | 3,053 | .328 | August 4, 1985 | California Angels | 1967–1985 | Single |
| Lou Brock* | 3,023 | .293 | August 13, 1979 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1961–1979 | Single |
| Rafael Palmeiro$^†$ | 3,020 | .288 | July 15, 2005 | Baltimore Orioles | 1986–2005 | Double |
| Cap Anson* | 3,011 | .331 | July 18, 1897 | Chicago Colts | 1871–1897 | Single |
| Wade Boggs* | 3,010 | .328 | August 7, 1999 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1982–1999 | Home run |
| Al Kaline* | 3,007 | .297 | September 24, 1974 | Detroit Tigers | 1953–1974 | Double |
| Roberto Clemente* | 3,000 | .317 | September 30, 1972 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1955–1972 | Double |

## 240+ hits in one season

| Player | Hits | Team | Season |
| 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 | 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 | Player | Team | Year | Years Record Stood |
| 138 | Ross Barnes | Chicago White Stockings | 1876 | 7 |
| 146 | Roger Connor | New York Gothams | 1883 | 1 |
| 162 | Ezra Sutton | Boston Beaneaters | 1884 | 1 |
| 169 | Roger Connor | New York Gothams | 1885 | 1 |
| 187 | Cap Anson | Chicago White Stockings | 1886 | 1 |
| 225 | Tip O'Neill | St. Louis Cardinals | 1887 | 7 |
| 237 | Hugh Duffy | Boston Braves | 1894 | 5 |
| 238 | Ed Delahanty | Philadelphia Phillies | 1899 | 12 |
| 248 | Ty Cobb | Detroit Tigers | 1911 | 9 |
| 257 | George Sisler | St. Louis Browns | 1920 | 84 |
| 262 | Ichiro Suzuki | Seattle Mariners | 2004 | 20 (current) |

### Three or more seasons with 215+ hits

| Player | Seasons | Seasons & Teams |
| Paul Waner | 7 | 1927–1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936–1937 Pittsburgh |
| Rogers Hornsby | 5 | 1920–1922, 1924 St. Louis-NL; 1929 Chicago-NL |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 5 | 2001, 2004, 2006–2007, 2009 Seattle |
| Ty Cobb | 4 | 1909, 1911–1912, 1917 Detroit |
| George Sisler | 4 | 1920–1922, 1925 St. Louis-AL |
| Sam Rice | 3 | 1924–1926 Washington-AL |
| Joe Medwick | 3 | 1935–1937 St. Louis-NL |
| Stan Musial | 3 | 1943, 1946, 1948 St. Louis-NL |
| Pete Rose | 3 | 1969, 1973, 1976 Cincinnati |
| Kirby Puckett | 3 | 1986, 1988–1989 Minnesota |
| Michael Young | 3 | 2004–2006 Texas |

### Five or more seasons with 200+ hits

| Player | Seasons | Seasons & Teams |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 10 | 2001–2010 Seattle (consecutive years - record) |
| Pete Rose | 10 | 1965–1966, 1968–1970, 1973, 1975–1977 Cincinnati; 1979 Philadelphia-NL |
| Ty Cobb | 9 | 1907, 1909, 1911–1912, 1915–1917, 1922, 1924 Detroit |
| Paul Waner | 8 | 1927–1930, 1932, 1934, 1936–1937 Pittsburgh |
| Lou Gehrig | 8 | 1927–1928, 1930–1932, 1934, 1936–1937 New York-AL |
| Willie Keeler | 8 | 1894–1898 Baltimore; 1899–1901 Brooklyn-NL |
| Derek Jeter | 8 | 1998–2000, 2005–2007, 2009, 2012 New York-AL |
| Rogers Hornsby | 7 | 1920–1922, 1924–1925 St. Louis-NL; 1927 New York-NL; 1929 Chicago-NL |
| Charlie Gehringer | 7 | 1929–1930, 1933–1937 Detroit |
| Wade Boggs | 7 | 1983–1989 Boston-AL |
| George Sisler | 6 | 1920–1922, 1925, 1927 St. Louis-AL; 1929 Boston-NL |
| Sam Rice | 6 | 1920, 1924–1926, 1928, 1930 Washington-AL |
| Al Simmons | 6 | 1925, 1929–1932 Philadelphia-AL; 1933 Chicago-AL |
| Stan Musial | 6 | 1943, 1946, 1948–1949, 1951, 1953 St. Louis-NL |
| Steve Garvey | 6 | 1974–1976, 1978–1980 Los Angeles-NL |
| Michael Young | 6 | 2003–2007, 2011 Texas |
| Chuck Klein | 5 | 1929–1933 Philadelphia-NL |
| Kirby Puckett | 5 | 1986–1989, 1992 Minnesota |
| Tony Gwynn | 5 | 1984, 1986–1987, 1989, 1997 San Diego |

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

| Player | LH hits | RH hits | Season & Teams |
| Garry Templeton | 111 | 100 | 1979 St. Louis Cardinals |
| Willie Wilson | 130 | 100 | 1980 Kansas City Royals |

## League leader in hits
### League leader in hits 5 or more seasons

| Player | Titles | Seasons & Teams |
| Ty Cobb | 8 | 1907–1909, 1911–1912, 1915, 1917, 1919 Detroit |
| Pete Rose | 7 | 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972–1973, 1976 Cincinnati; 1981 Philadelphia-NL |
| Tony Gwynn | 7 | 1984, 1986–1987, 1989, 1994–1995, 1997 San Diego |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 7 | 2001, 2004, 2006–2010 Seattle |
| Stan Musial | 6 | 1943–1944, 1946, 1948–1949, 1952 St. Louis-NL |
| Tony Oliva | 5 | 1964–1966, 1969–1970 Minnesota |

### League leader in hits 3 or more consecutive seasons

| Player | Titles | Seasons & Teams |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 5 | 2006–2010 Seattle Mariners |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 2014–2017 Houston Astros |
| Ginger Beaumont | 3 | 1902–1904 Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Ty Cobb | 3 | 1907–1909 Detroit Tigers |
| Rogers Hornsby | 3 | 1920–1922 St. Louis Cardinals |
| Tony Oliva | 3 | 1964–1966 Minnesota Twins |
| Kirby Puckett | 3 | 1987–1989 Minnesota Twins |
| Johnny Pesky | 3 | 1942, 1946–1947 Boston Red Sox |
| Stan Musial | 3 | 1943-1944, 1946 St. Louis Cardinals |

### League leader in hits, three decades

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

### League leader in hits, both leagues

| Player | Seasons & Teams |
| Lance Johnson | 1995 Chicago White Sox; 1996 New York Mets |

### League leader in hits, three different teams

| Player | Seasons & Teams |
| Paul Molitor | 1991 Milwaukee Brewers; 1993 Toronto Blue Jays; 1996 Minnesota Twins |

## Consecutive game hitting streaks of 30 or more games

| Player | Games | Team | Season |
| 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) | 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.
This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak. 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

| Player | Games | Team | Season |
| 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 | Player | Team | Date | Opponent |
| 9 | Johnny Burnett | Cleveland Indians | July 10, 1932 | Philadelphia Athletics |
| 7 | Wilbert Robinson | Baltimore Orioles | June 10, 1892 | St. Louis Browns |
| 7 | César Gutiérrez | Detroit Tigers | June 21, 1970 | Cleveland Indians |
| 7 | Rocky Colavito | Detroit Tigers | June 24, 1962 | New York Yankees |
| 7 | Rennie Stennett | Pittsburgh Pirates | September 16, 1975 | Chicago Cubs |
| 7 | Brandon Crawford | San Francisco Giants | August 8, 2016 | Miami Marlins |

## 6 hits in a game by an individual, twice

| Player | Team | Date |
| 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

* Tom Burns (September 6, 1883)
* Fred Pfeffer (September 6, 1883)
* Ned Williamson (September 6, 1883)
* Gene Stephens (June 18, 1953)
* Johnny Damon (June 27, 2003)

## 1,660 hits by a team in one season

| Hits | Team | Season |
| 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 |