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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.

240+ hits in one season

Evolution of the single season record for hits

Three or more seasons with 215+ hits

Five or more seasons with 200+ hits

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

League leader in hits

League leader in hits 5 or more seasons

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.[i]

This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak.[65] 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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Due to betting on games while managing an MLB team, Pete Rose received a lifetime ban from baseball and is not eligible for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cobb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ MLB.com credits Lajoie with 3,252 hits,[14] while Baseball-Reference lists 3,243.[15] The discrepancy is due to a transcription error for Lajoie's hit total in 1901, 229, which until 1954 was inaccurately recorded as 220.[16]
  4. ^ Biggio was thrown out trying to stretch his single into a double.[28]
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Anson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ While Ichiro Suzuki had played professionally in Japan, this mark is considered the Major League Baseball record for rookies, as this was his first year in Major League Baseball.
  7. ^ After leading the American League in 1942, Pesky missed the next three full seasons serving in World War II. As 1942 was his rookie season, he is the only player to lead his league in hits for his first three seasons.
  8. ^ After leading the National League in 1944, Musial missed the next season serving in World War II.
  9. ^ Major League Baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: Longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. Rollins 2005–2006).[64] Keeler's, Sisler's, and Rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing single-season streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing multiple-season streaks.
  10. ^ 18 inning game
  11. ^ Second game of a double header
  12. ^ 22 inning game
  13. ^ 14 inning game

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