This is a list of Major League Baseball hit records.
Bolded names mean the player is still active and playing.
3,000 career hits
200 hits in one season
Evolution of the single season record for hits
Three or more seasons with 215+ hits
Player |
Seasons |
Seasons & Teams
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Paul Waner |
7 |
1927–1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936–1937 Pittsburgh
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Rogers Hornsby |
5 |
1920–1922, 1924 St. Louis-NL; 1929 Chicago-NL
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Ichiro Suzuki |
5 |
2001, 2004, 2006–2007, 2009 Seattle
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Ty Cobb |
4 |
1909, 1911–1912, 1917 Detroit
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George Sisler |
4 |
1920–1922, 1925 St. Louis-AL
|
Sam Rice |
3 |
1924–1926 Washington-AL
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Joe Medwick |
3 |
1935–1937 St. Louis-NL
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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
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
League leader in hits, three decades
League leader in hits, both leagues
League leader in hits, three different teams
Consecutive game hitting streaks of 30 or more games
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
7 or more hits by an individual in one game
6 hits in a game by an individual, twice
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
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
|
See also
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