List of Major League Baseball hit records
Evolution of the single season record for hits
Columns: 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 | 8 (current)