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Alphabetical Career Leaders.(achievements of baseball players)(Illustration)
Alphabetical Career Leaders The following charts are the top five career batting leaders--in selected categories--by each letter in the alphabet through the 2000 season. Active players and current players closing in on the top five are in bold face HITS A Hank Aaron 3,771 Cap Anson 3,081 Luke Appling 2,749 Luis Aparicio 2,677 Richie Ashburn 2,574 B George Brett 3,154 Lou Brock 3,023 Wade Boggs 3,010 Jake Beckley 2,930 Harold Baines(a) 2,855 C Ty Cobb 4,191 Eddie Collins 3,312 Rod Carew 3,053 Roberto Clemente 3,000 Sam Crawford 2,961 D Andre Dawson 2,774 George Davis 2,660 Ed Delahanty 2,596 Willie Davis 2,560 Bill Dahlen 2,457 E Dwight Evans 2,446 Darrell Evans 2,223 Del Ennis 2,063 Bob Elliott 2,061 Johnny Evers 1,659 F Frankie Frisch 2,880 Nellie Fox 2,663 Jimmie Foxx 2,646 Carlton Fisk 2,356 Tony Fernandez(a) 2,240 G Tony Gwynn(a) 3,108 Charlie Gehringer 2,839 Goose Goslin 2,735 Lou Gehrig 2,721 Steve Garvey 2,599 H Rogers Hornsby 2,930 Rickey Henderson(a) 2,914 Harry Heilmann 2,660 Harry Hooper 2,466 Billy Herman 2,345 I Frank Isbell 1,056 Pete Incaviglia 1,043 Charlie Irwin 986 Arthur Irwin 982 Mike Ivie 724 J Reggie Jackson 2,584 Joe Judge 2,352 Bob Johnson 2,051 Wally Joyner(a) 2,024 Charlie Jamieson 1,990 K Al Kaline 3,007 Willie Keeler 2,932 Joe Kelley 2,220 Joe Kuhel 2,212 Ed Konetchy 2,150 L Nap Lajoie 3,242 Tommy Leach 2,143 Herman Long 2,127 Carney Lansford 2,074 Barry Larkin(a) 2,008 M Stan Musial 3,630 Paul Molitor 3,319 Willie Mays 3,283 Eddie Murray 3,255 Rabbit Maranville 2,605 N Graig Nettles 2,225 Billy Nash 1,668 Bill Nicholson 1,484 Otis Nixon 1,379 Jim Northrup 1,254 O Mel Ott 2,876 Al Oliver 2,743 Jim O'Rourke 2,340 Amos Otis 2,020 Paul O'Neill(a) 1,969 P Vada Pinson 2,757 Tony Perez 2,732 Dave Parker 2,712 Rafael Palmeiro(a) 2,321 Kirby Puckett 2,304 Q Joe Quinn 1,800 Jamie Quirk 544 Joe Quest 496 Carlos Quintana 380 Rey Quinones 373 R Pete Rose 4,256 Cal Ripken(a) 3,070 Sam Rice 2,987 Frank Robinson 2,943 Babe Ruth 2,873 S Tris Speaker 3,514 Al Simmons 2,927 George Sisler 2,812 Rusty Staub 2,716 Ted Simmons 2,472 T Pie Traynor 2,416 Alan Trammell 2,365 Joe Torre 2,342 Fred Tenney 2,231 Bill Terry 2,193 U Del Unser 1,344 Willie Upshaw 1,103 Billy Urbanski 791 Ted Uhlaender 772 Jose Uribe 738 V George Van Haltren 2,532 Mickey Vernon 2,495 Arky Vaughan 2,103 Bobby Veach 2,063 Joe Vosmik 1,682 Omar Vizquel--closing in(a) 1,605 W Honus Wagner 3,415 Paul Waner 3,152 Dave Winfield 3,110 Zack Wheat 2,884 Billy Williams 2,711 Y Carl Yastrzemski 3,419 Robin Yount 3,142 Eddie Yost 1,863 Rudy York 1,621 Ross Youngs 1,491 Z Todd Zeile(a) 1,576 Heinie Zimmerman 1,566 Richie Zisk 1,477 Chief Zimmer 1,229 Gus Zernial 1,093 HOME RUNS A Hank Aaron 755 Dick Allen 351 Joe Adcock 336 Bobby Allison 256 Tony Armas 251 B Ernie Banks 512 Barry Bonds 494 Johnny Bench 389 Harold Baines(a) 384 Albert Belle 381 C Jose Canseco(a) 446 Joe Carter 396 Orlando Cepeda 379 Norm Cash 377 Rocky Colavito 374 D Andre Dawson 438 Joe DiMaggio 361 Chili Davis 350 Eric Davis(a) 278 Brian Downing 275 E Darrell Evans 414 Dwight Evans 385 Del Ennis 288 Bob Elliott 170 Jim Edmonds(a) 163 F Jimmie Foxx 534 Carlton Fisk 376 George Foster 348 Cecil Fielder 319 Ron Fairly 215 Travis Fryman--closing in(a) 209 G Lou Gehrig 493 Ken Griffey, Jr.(a) 438 Juan Gonzalez(a) 362 Gary Gaetti 360 Andres Galarraga(a) 360 H Frank Howard 382 Gil Hodges 370 Willie Horton 325 Rogers Hornsby 301 Kent Hrbek 293 I Pete Incaviglia 206 Monte Irvin 99 Mike Ivie 81 Garth Iorg 20 Charlie Irwin 16 Raul Ibanez--closing in(a) 14 J Reggie Jackson 563 Bob Johnson 288 David Justice 276 Deron Johnson 245 Howard Johnson 228 K Harmon Killebrew 573 Dave Kingman 442 Al Kaline 399 Ralph Kiner 369 Chuck Klein 300 L Greg Luzinski 307 Fred Lynn 306 Chet Lemon 215 Ray Lankford 206 Ernie Lombardi 190 Barry Larkin--closing in(a) 179 M Willie Mays 660 Mark McGwire(a) 554 Mickey Mantle 536 Willie McCovey 521 Eddie Mathews 512 Eddie Murray 504 N Graig Nettles 390 Bill Nicholson 235 Jim Northrup 153 Matt Nokes 136 Bob Nieman 125 O Mel Ott 511 Paul O'Neill(a) 260 Ben Oglivie 235 Tony Oliva 220 Al Oliver 219 P Rafael Palmeiro(a) 400 Tony Perez 379 Dave Parker 339 Boog Powell 339 Lance Parrish 324 Q Jamie Quirk 43 Joe Quinn 30 Rey Quinones 29 Mark Quinn 26 Luis Quinones 19 Carlos Quintana 19 R Babe Ruth 714 Frank Robinson 586 Cal Ripken(a) 417 Jim Rice 382 Brooks Robinson 268 Manny Ramirez--closing in(a) 236 S Mike Schmidt 548 Willie Stargell 475 Duke Snider 407 Sammy Sosa(a) 386 Ron Santo 342 T Frank Thomas(a) 344 Frank Thomas 286 Gorman Thomas 268 Bobby Thomson 264 Danny Tartabull 262 U Willie Upshaw 123 Del Unser 87 Ted Uhlaender 36 Billy Urbanski 19 Jose Uribe 19 V Greg Vaughn(a) 320 Mo Vaughn(a) 299 Robin Ventura(a) 227 Mickey Vernon 172 Andy Van Slyke 164 W Ted Williams 521 Dave Winfield 465 Billy Williams 426 Matt Williams 346 Jimmy Wynn 291 Larry Walker--closing in(a) 271 Y Carl Yastrzemski 452 Rudy York 277 Robin Yount 251 Eddie Yost 139 Kevin Young(a) 112 Z Gus Zernial 237 Richie Zisk 207 Todd Zeile(a) 205 Don Zimmer 91 Al Zarilla 61 RUNS BATTED IN A Hank Aaron 2,297 Cap Anson 1,879 EarL Averill 1,162 Joe Adcock 1,122 Dick Allen 1,119 B Ernie Banks 1,636 Harold Baines 1,622 George Brett 1,595 Jake Beckley 1,575 Yogi Berra 1,430 Barry Bonds--closing in(a) 1,405 C Ty Cobb 1,937 Sam Crawford 1,525 Joe Carter 1,445 Joe Cronin 1,424 Lave Cross 1,371 Jose Canseco--closing in(a) 1,358 D Andre Dawson 1,591 Joe DiMaggio 1,537 Ed Delahanty 1,464 George Davis 1,437 Chili Davis 1,372 E Dwight Evans 1,384 Darrell Evans 1,354 Del Ennis 1,284 Bob Elliott 1,195 Buck Ewing 883 F Jimmie Foxx 1,922 Carlton Fisk 1,330 Frankie Frisch 1,244 George Foster 1,239 Carl Furillo 1,058 G Lou Gehrig 1,995 Goose Goslin 1,609 Charlie Gehringer 1,427 Gary Gaetti 1,340 Steve Garvey 1,308 Andres Galarraga--closing in(a) 1,272 Ken Griffey, Jr.--closing in(a) 1,270 H Rogers Hornsby 1,584 Harry Heilmann 1,539 Gil Hodges 1,274 Gabby Hartnett 1,179 Willie Horton 1,163 I Pete Incaviglia 655 Charlie Irwin 493 Frank Isbell 455 Monte Irvin 443 Mike Ivie 411 J Reggie Jackson 1,702 Bob Johnson 1,283 Wally Joyner(a) 1,092 Joe Judge 1,034 Travis Jackson 929 Jackie Jensen 929 David Justice--closing in(a) 917 K Harmon Killebrew 1,584 Al Kaline 1,583 Dave Kingman 1,210 Chuck Klein 1,201 Joe Kelley 1,194 L Nap Lajoie 1,599 Tony Lazzeri 1,191 Greg Luzinski 1,128 Fred Lynn 1,111 Herman Long 1,055 M Stan Musial 1,951 Eddie Murray 1,917 Willie Mays 1,903 Willie McCovey 1,555 Mickey Mantle 1,509 N Graig Nettles 1,314 Billy Nash 979 Bill ...
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