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Players with 2000 career hits.(Illustration)
Players With 2,000 Career Hits THROUGH THE 2004 SEASON, THERE HAVE BEEN 238 MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS WHO HAVE COLLECTED 2,000 OR MORE HITS DURing their careers. Among these batters, 112 are right-handers, 101 are left-handed swingers, 25 are switch-barters and 103 have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The following list includes all players with 2,000 or more hits in ranking order. Note: Some players' caught stealing and strikeout totals are incomplete because certain statistics were not recorded in the 1800s and early 1900s Player YRS G AB R H Pete Rose 24 3,562 14,053 2,165 4,256 Ty Cobb 24 3,035 11,434 2,246 4,189 Hank Aaron 23 3,298 12,364 2,174 3,771 Stan Musial 22 3,026 10,972 1,949 3,630 Tris Speaker 22 2,789 10,195 1,882 3,514 Carl Yastrzemski 23 3,308 11,988 1,816 3,419 Cap Anson 27 2,523 10,277 1,996 3,418 Honus Wagner 21 2,792 10,430 1,736 3,415 Paul Molitor 21 2,683 10,835 1,782 3,319 Eddie Collins 25 2,826 9,949 1,821 3,315 Willie Mays 22 2,992 10,881 2,062 3,283 Eddie Murray 21 3,026 11,336 1,627 3,255 Nap Lajoie 21 2,480 9,589 1,504 3,242 Cal Ripken 21 3,001 11,551 1,647 3,164 George Brett 21 2,707 10,349 1,583 3,154 Paul Waner 20 2,549 9,459 1,627 3,152 Robin Yount 20 2,856 11,008 1,632 3,142 Tony Gwynn 20 2,440 9,288 1,383 3,141 Dave Winfield 22 2,973 11,003 1,669 3,110 Rickey Henderson 25 3,081 10,961 2,295 3,055 Rod Carew 19 2,469 9,315 1,424 3,053 Lou Brock 19 2,616 10,332 1,610 3,023 Wade Boggs 18 2,439 9,180 1,513 3,010 Al Kaline 22 2,834 10,116 1,622 3,007 Roberto Clemente 18 2,433 9,454 1,416 3,000 Sam Rice 20 2,404 9,269 1,514 2,987 Sam Crawford 19 2,517 9,570 1,391 2,961 Frank Robinson 21 2,808 10,006 1,829 2,943 Willie Keeler 19 2,123 8,591 1,719 2,932 Rogers Hornsby 23 2,259 8,173 1,579 2,930 Jake Beckley 20 2,386 9,526 1,600 2,930 Al Simmons 20 2,215 8,759 1,507 2,927 Rafael Palmeiro 19 2,721 10,103 1,616 2,922 Zack Wheat 19 2,410 9,106 1,289 2,884 Frankie Frisch 19 2,311 9,112 1,532 2,880 Mel Ott 22 2,730 9,456 1,859 2,876 Babe Ruth 22 2,503 8,399 2,174 2,873 Harold Baines 22 2,830 9,908 1,299 2,866 Jesse Burkett 16 2,066 8,421 1,720 2,850 Brooks Robinson 23 2,896 10,654 1,232 2,848 Charlie Gehringer 19 2,323 8,860 1,774 2,839 George Sisler 15 2,055 8,267 1,284 2,812 Andre Dawson 21 2,627 9,927 1,373 2,774 Vada Pinson 18 2,469 9,645 1,366 2,757 Luke Appling 20 2,422 8,856 1,319 2,749 Al Oliver 18 2,368 9,049 1,189 2,743 Goose Goslin 18 2,287 8,656 1,483 2,735 Tony Perez 23 2,777 9,778 1,272 2,732 Barry Bonds 19 2,716 9,098 2,070 2,730 Roberto Alomar 17 2,379 9,073 1,508 2,724 Lou Gehrig 17 2,164 8,001 1,888 2,721 Rusty Staub 23 2,951 9,720 1,189 2,716 Bill Buckner 22 2,517 9,397 1,077 2,715 Dave Parker 19 2,466 9,358 1,272 2,712 Billy Williams 18 2,488 9,350 1,410 2,711 Doc Cramer 20 2,239 9,140 1,357 2,705 Luis Aparicio 18 2,599 10,230 1,335 2,677 Fred Clarke 21 2,242 8,568 1,619 2,672 Max Carey 20 2,476 9,363 1,545 2,665 Nellie Fox 19 2,367 9,232 1,279 2,663 Harry Heilmann 17 2,148 7,787 1,291 2,660 George Davis 20 2,368 9,031 1,539 2,660 Ted Williams 19 2,292 7,706 1,798 2,654 Jimmie Foxx 20 2,317 8,134 1,751 2,646 Lave Cross 21 2,275 9,072 1,333 2,645 Jim O'Rourke 23 1,999 8,505 1,729 2,643 Craig Biggio 17 2,409 9,221 1,603 2,639 Rabbit Maranville 23 2,670 10,078 1,255 2,605 Tim Raines 23 2,502 8,872 1,571 2,605 Steve Garvey 19 2,332 8,835 1,143 2,599 Ed Delahanty 16 1,835 7,505 1,599 2,596 Reggie Jackson 21 2,820 9,864 1,551 2,584 Ernie Banks 19 2,528 9,421 1,305 2,583 Richie Ashburn 15 2,189 8,365 1,322 2,574 Willie Davis 18 2,429 9,174 1,217 2,561 George Van Haltren 17 1,984 8,021 1,639 2,532 Heinie Manush 17 2,008 7,654 1,287 2,524 Joe Morgan 22 2,649 9,277 1,650 2,517 Buddy Bell 18 2,405 8,995 1,151 2,514 Jimmy Ryan 18 2,012 8,164 1,642 2,502 Mickey Vernon 20 2,409 8,731 1,196 2,495 Fred McGriff 19 2,460 8,757 1,349 2,490 Ted Simmons 21 2,456 8,680 1,074 2,472 Joe Medwick 17 1,984 7,635 1,198 2,471 Roger Connor 18 1,997 7,794 1,620 2,467 Harry Hooper 17 2,309 8,785 1,429 2,466 Ozzie Smith 19 2,573 9,396 1,257 2,460 Lloyd Waner 18 1,993 7,772 1,201 2,459 Julio Franco 20 2,269 8,189 1,233 2,457 Bill Dahlen 21 2,443 9,031 1,589 2,457 Jim Rice 16 2,089 8,225 1,249 2,452 Red Schoendienst 19 2,216 8,479 1,223 2,449 Dwight Evans 20 2,606 8,996 1,470 2,446 Mark Grace 16 2,245 8,065 1,179 2,445 Pie Traynor 17 1,941 7,559 1,183 2,415 Mickey Mantle 18 2,401 8,102 1,677 2,415 Stuffy McInnis 19 2,128 7,822 872 ...
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