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Top 50 career batting leaders.(Illustration)

Baseball Digest

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Top 50 Career Batting Leaders 
 
EXTRA-BASE HITS 
+ Active players' totals complete through September 26, 2004 
 
Player                Hits    1B      2B    3B    HR    EBH 
 
Hank Aaron           3,771   2,294   624    98   755   1,477 
Stan Musial          3,630   2,253   725   177   475   1,377 
Babe Ruth            2,873   1,517   506   136   714   1,356 
Barry Bonds +        2,727   1,377   563    77   702   1,342 
Willie Mays          3,283   1,960   523   140   660   1,323 
Lou Gehrig           2,721   1,531   534   163   493   1,190 
Frank Robinson       2,943   1,757   528    72   586   1,186 
Carl Yastrzemski     3,419   2,262   646    59   452   1,157 
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