Below is the list of the 272 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB.
Pete Rose holds the Major League record with the most career hits, 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.[1] Derek Jeter is the current active leader with 3,304.
Players with 2,000 hits [edit]
- Bold denotes active player[a]
- Current season total in parentheses
- † denotes player has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Stats through May 18, 2013.
| Rank |
Player (2013 Hits) |
Hits |
| 1 |
Pete Rose |
4,256 |
| 2 |
Ty Cobb †[b] |
4,191 |
| 3 |
Hank Aaron † |
3,771 |
| 4 |
Stan Musial † |
3,630 |
| 5 |
Tris Speaker † |
3,514 |
| 6 |
Carl Yastrzemski † |
3,419 |
| 7 |
Honus Wagner † |
3,415 |
| 8 |
Paul Molitor † |
3,319 |
| 9 |
Eddie Collins † |
3,315 |
| 10 |
Derek Jeter |
3,304 |
| 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 |
Dave Winfield † |
3,110 |
| 20 |
Craig Biggio |
3,060 |
| 21 |
Rickey Henderson † |
3,055 |
| 22 |
Rod Carew † |
3,053 |
| 23 |
Lou Brock † |
3,023 |
| 24 |
Rafael Palmeiro |
3,020 |
| 25 |
Cap Anson †[c] |
3,011 |
| 26 |
Wade Boggs † |
3,010 |
| 27 |
Al Kaline † |
3,007 |
| 28 |
Roberto Clemente † |
3,000 |
| 29 |
Sam Rice † |
2,987 |
| 30 |
Sam Crawford † |
2,961 |
| 31 |
Frank Robinson † |
2,943 |
| 32 |
Barry Bonds |
2,935 |
| 33 |
Willie Keeler † |
2,932 |
| 34 |
Jake Beckley † |
2,930 |
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Rogers Hornsby † |
2,930 |
| 36 |
Al Simmons † |
2,927 |
| 37 |
Alex Rodriguez |
2,901 |
| 38 |
Zack Wheat † |
2,884 |
| 39 |
Frankie Frisch † |
2,880 |
| 40 |
Omar Vizquel |
2,877 |
| 41 |
Mel Ott † |
2,876 |
| 42 |
Babe Ruth † |
2,873 |
| 43 |
Harold Baines |
2,866 |
| 44 |
Jesse Burkett † |
2,850 |
| 45 |
Brooks Robinson † |
2,848 |
| 46 |
Iván Rodríguez |
2,844 |
| 47 |
Charlie Gehringer † |
2,839 |
| 48 |
George Sisler † |
2,812 |
| 49 |
Ken Griffey, Jr. |
2,781 |
| 50 |
Andre Dawson † |
2,774 |
| 51 |
Johnny Damon |
2,769 |
| 52 |
Vada Pinson |
2,757 |
| 53 |
Luke Appling † |
2,749 |
| 54 |
Al Oliver |
2,743 |
| 55 |
Goose Goslin † |
2,735 |
| 56 |
Tony Pérez † |
2,732 |
| 57 |
Chipper Jones |
2,726 |
| 58 |
Roberto Alomar † |
2,724 |
| 59 |
Lou Gehrig † |
2,721 |
| 60 |
Rusty Staub |
2,716 |
| 61 |
Bill Buckner |
2,715 |
| 62 |
Dave Parker |
2,712 |
| 63 |
Billy Williams † |
2,711 |
| 64 |
Doc Cramer |
2,705 |
| 65 |
Gary Sheffield |
2,689 |
| 66 |
Luis Aparicio † |
2,677 |
| 67 |
Fred Clarke † |
2,672 |
| 68 |
Max Carey † |
2,665 |
| 69 |
Nellie Fox † |
2,663 |
| 70 |
Harry Heilmann † |
2,660 |
|
George Davis † |
2,660 |
| 72 |
Ted Williams † |
2,654 |
| 73 |
Jimmie Foxx † |
2,646 |
| 74 |
Lave Cross |
2,645 |
| 75 |
Jim O'Rourke † |
2,643 |
| 76 |
Ichiro Suzuki (33) |
2,639 |
| 77 |
Rabbit Maranville † |
2,605 |
|
Tim Raines |
2,605 |
| 79 |
Steve Garvey |
2,599 |
| 80 |
Ed Delahanty † |
2,596 |
| 81 |
Luis González |
2,591 |
| 82 |
Vladimir Guerrero |
2,590 |
| 83 |
Julio Franco |
2,586 |
| 84 |
Reggie Jackson † |
2,584 |
| 85 |
Ernie Banks † |
2,583 |
| 86 |
Richie Ashburn † |
2,574 |
|
Manny Ramírez |
2,574 |
| 88 |
Willie Davis |
2,561 |
| 89 |
Steve Finley |
2,548 |
| 90 |
George Van Haltren |
2,532 |
| 91 |
Garret Anderson |
2,529 |
| Rank |
Player (2013 Hits) |
Hits |
| 92 |
Heinie Manush † |
2,524 |
| 93 |
Joe Morgan † |
2,517 |
| 94 |
Buddy Bell |
2,514 |
| 95 |
Jimmy Ryan |
2,502 |
| 96 |
Mickey Vernon |
2,495 |
| 97 |
Fred McGriff |
2,490 |
| 98 |
Ted Simmons |
2,472 |
| 99 |
Joe Medwick † |
2,471 |
| 100 |
Frank Thomas |
2,468 |
| 101 |
Roger Connor † |
2,467 |
| 102 |
Harry Hooper † |
2,466 |
| 103 |
Jeff Kent |
2,461 |
| 104 |
Ozzie Smith † |
2,460 |
| 105 |
Lloyd Waner † |
2,459 |
| 106 |
Bill Dahlen |
2,457 |
| 107 |
Jim Rice † |
2,452 |
| 108 |
Red Schoendienst † |
2,449 |
| 109 |
Dwight Evans |
2,446 |
| 110 |
Mark Grace |
2,445 |
| 111 |
Todd Helton (18) |
2,438 |
| 112 |
Bobby Abreu |
2,437 |
| 113 |
Kenny Lofton |
2,428 |
| 114 |
Pie Traynor † |
2,416 |
| 115 |
Mickey Mantle † |
2,415 |
| 116 |
Sammy Sosa |
2,408 |
| 117 |
Stuffy McInnis |
2,405 |
| 118 |
Ryne Sandberg † |
2,386 |
| 119 |
Enos Slaughter † |
2,383 |
| 120 |
Chili Davis |
2,380 |
| 121 |
Edd Roush † |
2,376 |
| 122 |
Brett Butler |
2,375 |
| 123 |
Miguel Tejada (8) |
2,370 |
| 124 |
Lou Whitaker |
2,369 |
| 125 |
Alan Trammell |
2,365 |
| 126 |
Carlton Fisk † |
2,356 |
| 127 |
Joe Judge |
2,352 |
| 128 |
Orlando Cepeda † |
2,351 |
| 129 |
Billy Herman † |
2,345 |
| 130 |
Joe Torre |
2,342 |
| 131 |
Barry Larkin † |
2,340 |
| 132 |
Bernie Williams |
2,336 |
| 133 |
Andrés Galarraga |
2,333 |
| 134 |
Jim Thome |
2,328 |
| 135 |
Edgar Rentería |
2,327 |
| 136 |
Dave Concepción |
2,326 |
|
Jake Daubert |
2,326 |
|
B.J. Surhoff |
2,326 |
| 139 |
Eddie Mathews † |
2,315 |
| 140 |
Jeff Bagwell |
2,314 |
| 141 |
Jim Bottomley † |
2,313 |
| 142 |
Bobby Wallace † |
2,309 |
| 143 |
Kirby Puckett † |
2,304 |
| 144 |
Charlie Grimm |
2,299 |
|
Kiki Cuyler † |
2,299 |
| 146 |
Dan Brouthers † |
2,296 |
| 147 |
Albert Pujols (41) |
2,287 |
| 148 |
Joe Cronin † |
2,285 |
| 149 |
Hugh Duffy † |
2,282 |
| 150 |
Gary Gaetti |
2,280 |
| 151 |
Tony Fernández |
2,276 |
| 152 |
Adrián Beltré (47) |
2,274 |
| 153 |
Carlos Lee |
2,273 |
| 154 |
Michael Young (42) |
2,272 |
| 155 |
Jimmy Dykes |
2,256 |
| 156 |
Willie McGee |
2,254 |
|
Ron Santo † |
2,254 |
| 158 |
Patsy Donovan |
2,253 |
| 159 |
Tommy Corcoran |
2,252 |
| 160 |
José Cruz |
2,251 |
|
Marquis Grissom |
2,251 |
| 162 |
Bid McPhee † |
2,250 |
| 163 |
Bert Campaneris |
2,249 |
| 164 |
Edgar Martínez |
2,247 |
| 165 |
John Olerud |
2,239 |
| 166 |
Mike Schmidt † |
2,234 |
| 167 |
Willie Stargell † |
2,232 |
| 168 |
Fred Tenney |
2,231 |
| 169 |
Joe Sewell † |
2,226 |
| 170 |
Graig Nettles |
2,225 |
| 171 |
Darrell Evans |
2,223 |
| 172 |
Joe Kelley † |
2,220 |
| 173 |
Paul Konerko (33) |
2,216 |
| 174 |
Joe DiMaggio † |
2,214 |
| 175 |
Joe Kuhel |
2,212 |
| 176 |
Willie McCovey † |
2,211 |
| 177 |
Willie Randolph |
2,210 |
| 178 |
Willie Wilson |
2,207 |
| 179 |
Jason Kendall |
2,195 |
| 180 |
Stan Hack |
2,193 |
|
Bill Terry † |
2,193 |
| 182 |
Cecil Cooper |
2,192 |
| Rank |
Player (2013 Hits) |
Hits |
| 183 |
Larry Bowa |
2,191 |
| 184 |
Joe Carter |
2,184 |
| 185 |
Keith Hernández |
2,182 |
| 186 |
Will Clark |
2,176 |
| 187 |
Juan Pierre (33) |
2,174 |
| 188 |
Pee Wee Reese † |
2,170 |
| 189 |
Sherry Magee |
2,169 |
| 190 |
Dick Bartell |
2,165 |
| 191 |
Larry Walker |
2,160 |
| 192 |
Billy Hamilton † |
2,159 |
| 193 |
Hal Chase |
2,158 |
| 194 |
Magglio Ordóñez |
2,156 |
| 195 |
Don Mattingly |
2,153 |
| 196 |
Rubén Sierra |
2,152 |
| 197 |
Yogi Berra † |
2,150 |
|
Ed Konetchy |
2,150 |
| 199 |
Ken Boyer |
2,143 |
|
Ken Griffey, Sr. |
2,143 |
|
Tommy Leach |
2,143 |
| 202 |
Dick Groat |
2,138 |
|
Wally Moses |
2,138 |
| 204 |
Don Baylor |
2,135 |
| 205 |
Moisés Alou |
2,134 |
|
Paul Hines |
2,134 |
|
Maury Wills |
2,134 |
| 208 |
Buddy Myer |
2,131 |
| 209 |
Herman Long |
2,129 |
| 210 |
Mike Piazza |
2,127 |
| 211 |
Tommy Davis |
2,121 |
| 212 |
Duke Snider † |
2,116 |
| 213 |
Dale Murphy |
2,111 |
| 214 |
Chris Chambliss |
2,109 |
| 215 |
Carlos Beltrán (43) |
2,107 |
|
Ellis Burks |
2,107 |
| 217 |
Paul O'Neill |
2,105 |
| 218 |
John Montgomery Ward † |
2,104 |
| 219 |
Arky Vaughan † |
2,103 |
| 220 |
Felipe Alou |
2,101 |
| 221 |
Clyde Milan |
2,100 |
| 222 |
Brian Downing |
2,099 |
| 223 |
Garry Templeton |
2,096 |
| 224 |
Gary Carter † |
2,092 |
|
Harvey Kuenn |
2,092 |
| 226 |
Hal McRae |
2,091 |
| 227 |
Alvin Dark |
2,089 |
| 228 |
César Cedeño |
2,087 |
| 229 |
Harmon Killebrew † |
2,086 |
| 230 |
Tim Wallach |
2,085 |
|
Jimmy Sheckard |
2,084 |
| 232 |
Ed McKean |
2,083 |
| 233 |
Plácido Polanco (35) |
2,079 |
| 234 |
George J. Burns |
2,077 |
|
Scott Rolen |
2,077 |
| 236 |
Chuck Klein † |
2,076 |
| 237 |
Carney Lansford |
2,074 |
| 238 |
Deacon White |
2,067 |
| 239 |
Jimmy Rollins (42) |
2,066 |
| 240 |
Dixie Walker |
2,064 |
| 241 |
Del Ennis |
2,063 |
|
Bobby Veach |
2,063 |
| 243 |
Bob Elliott |
2,061 |
| 244 |
Wally Joyner |
2,060 |
| 245 |
Orlando Cabrera |
2,055 |
| 246 |
Ray Durham |
2,054 |
|
George Kell † |
2,054 |
| 248 |
Indian Bob Johnson |
2,051 |
| 249 |
Johnny Bench † |
2,048 |
| 250 |
Dummy Hoy |
2,044 |
| 251 |
Bobby Doerr † |
2,042 |
| 252 |
Jack Glasscock |
2,040 |
|
Mark Grudzielanek |
2,040 |
| 254 |
Carlos Delgado |
2,038 |
|
Torii Hunter (52) |
2,038 |
| 256 |
Lee May |
2,031 |
| 257 |
Ken Singleton |
2,029 |
| 258 |
Tony Phillips |
2,023 |
| 259 |
Reggie Smith |
2,020 |
|
Amos Otis |
2,020 |
| 261 |
Earl Averill † |
2,019 |
| 262 |
George H. Burns |
2,018 |
| 263 |
Bill Mazeroski † |
2,016 |
| 264 |
Gary Matthews |
2,011 |
| 265 |
Bobby Bonilla |
2,010 |
|
Johnny Mize † |
2,010 |
| 267 |
Bill Madlock |
2,008 |
| 268 |
Tony Taylor |
2,007 |
| 269 |
Frank White |
2,006 |
|
Dave Bancroft † |
2,006 |
| 271 |
Todd Zeile |
2,004 |
| 272 |
Shawn Green |
2,003 |
See also [edit]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cap Anson's hit amounts are different depending on source and what hits are including in various leagues he played in. His total varies from 2995-3435. MLB credits him with 3,011.
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