Question: who has had the most hits in the league that includes the team that has played the most games of the type played just before the league MVP is awarded?

Rose and Ty Cobb are the only players with 4,000 career hits. Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. 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. <SEP> josé miguel cabrera torres (born april 18, 1983), commonly known as miguel cabrera and nicknamed "miggy", is a venezuelan professional baseball player. he is the first baseman for the detroit tigers of major league baseball (mlb). since his debut in 2003 he has been a two-time american league (al) most valuable player (mvp) award winner, a four-time al batting champion, and an 11-time mlb all-star. he has played at first and third base for most of his major league career, but primarily played left and right field before 2006. he claimed the 17th mlb triple crown in 2012, the first to do so in 45 seasons. <SEP> In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals have appeared in 19 and won 11, the New York / San Francisco Giants have played in 20 and won 8, the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers have appeared in 19 and won 6, and the Cincinnati Reds have appeared in 9 and won 5. In the American League, the New York Yankees have played in 40 World Series and won 27, the Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland Athletics have played in 14 and won 9, and the Boston Red Sox have played in 12 and won 8, including the first World Series. <SEP> The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938, reducing that number to two per league city in 1961. MVP voting takes place before the postseason, but the results are not announced until after the World Series. The BBWAA does not offer a clear - cut definition of what ``most valuable ''means, instead leaving the judgment to the individual voters. <SEP> The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City; the other club is the National League (NL)'s New York Mets. In the season, the club began play in the AL as the Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles). The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise that had ceased operations and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in . <SEP> ichiro suzuki / ˈiːtʃɪroʊ suːˈzuːki / (鈴木一朗, suzuki ichirō, born october 22, 1973), often referred to mononymously as ichiro (イチロー, ichirō), is a japanese professional baseball outfielder. with 27 seasons combined in top - level professional leagues, he spent the bulk of his career with two teams: nine seasons with the orix blue wave of nippon professional baseball (npb) in japan, where he began his career, and 12 with the seattle mariners of major league baseball (mlb) in the united states. after playing for the mariners, he played two and a half seasons in mlb with the new york yankees before signing with the miami marlins. ichiro played three seasons with the marlins before returning to the mariners in 2018. ichiro established a number of batting records, including mlb's single - season record for hits with 262. he achieved 10 consecutive 200 - hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history. between his major league career in both japan and the united states, ichiro has the most hits by any player in top - tier professional leagues. he also has recorded the most hits of all japanese born players in mlb history.