Season Base Hits Leaders
| current through 2006 season |
bold = active player |
| Name |
Hits |
Year |
Team |
League |
Rank |
|
Pete Browning |
275 |
1887 |
Louisville Colonels |
AA |
1 |
|
Tip O'Neill |
275 |
1887 |
St. Louis Browns |
AA |
|
|
Ichiro Suzuki |
262 |
2004 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
3 |
|
George Sisler |
257 |
1920 |
St. Louis Browns |
AL |
4 |
|
Denny Lyons |
256 |
1887 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AA |
5 |
|
Lefty O'Doul |
254 |
1929 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
6 |
|
Bill Terry |
254 |
1930 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
|
Al Simmons |
253 |
1925 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
8 |
|
Oyster Burns |
251 |
1887 |
Baltimore Orioles |
AA |
9 |
|
Rogers Hornsby |
250 |
1922 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
10 |
|
Chuck Klein |
250 |
1930 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
|
Ty Cobb |
248 |
1911 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
12 |
|
George Sisler |
246 |
1922 |
St. Louis Browns |
AL |
13 |
|
Ichiro Suzuki |
242 |
2001 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
14 |
|
Babe Herman |
241 |
1930 |
Brooklyn Robins |
NL |
15 |
|
Heinie Manush |
241 |
1928 |
St. Louis Browns |
AL |
|
|
Wade Boggs |
240 |
1985 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
17 |
|
Jesse Burkett |
240 |
1896 |
Cleveland Spiders |
NL |
|
|
Darin Erstad |
240 |
2000 |
Anaheim Angels |
AL |
|
|
Rod Carew |
239 |
1977 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
20 |
|
Willie Keeler |
239 |
1897 |
Baltimore Orioles |
NL |
|
|
Ed Delahanty |
238 |
1899 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
22 |
|
Don Mattingly |
238 |
1986 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
|
Hugh Duffy |
237 |
1894 |
Boston Beaneaters |
NL |
24 |
|
Harry Heilmann |
237 |
1921 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
|
Joe Medwick |
237 |
1937 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
Paul Waner |
237 |
1927 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
|
Jack Tobin |
236 |
1921 |
St. Louis Browns |
AL |
28 |
|
Rogers Hornsby |
235 |
1921 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
29 |
|
Paul Radford |
235 |
1887 |
New York Metropolitans |
AA |
|
|
Kirby Puckett |
234 |
1988 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
31 |
|
Lloyd Waner |
234 |
1929 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
|
Joe Jackson |
233 |
1911 |
Cleveland Naps |
AL |
33 |
|
Earl Averill |
232 |
1936 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
34 |
|
Nap Lajoie |
232 |
1901 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
|
|
Matty Alou |
231 |
1969 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
36 |
|
Earle Combs |
231 |
1927 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
|
Freddie Lindstrom |
231 |
1928 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
|
Freddie Lindstrom |
231 |
1930 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
|
Tommy Davis |
230 |
1962 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
NL |
40 |
|
Reddy Mack |
230 |
1887 |
Louisville Colonels |
AA |
|
|
Stan Musial |
230 |
1948 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
Pete Rose |
230 |
1973 |
Cincinnati Reds |
NL |
|
|
Joe Torre |
230 |
1971 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
Willie Wilson |
230 |
1980 |
Kansas City Royals |
AL |
|
|
Rogers Hornsby |
229 |
1929 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
46 |
|
Kiki Cuyler |
228 |
1930 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
47 |
|
Stan Musial |
228 |
1946 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
Jim Bottomley |
227 |
1925 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
49 |
|
Charlie Gehringer |
227 |
1936 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
|
Billy Herman |
227 |
1935 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
|
Rogers Hornsby |
227 |
1924 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
Lance Johnson |
227 |
1996 |
New York Mets |
NL |
|
|
Nap Lajoie |
227 |
1910 |
Cleveland Naps |
AL |
|
|
Sam Rice |
227 |
1925 |
Washington Senators |
AL |
|
|
Jesse Burkett |
226 |
1901 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
56 |
|
Ty Cobb |
226 |
1912 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
|
Joe Jackson |
226 |
1912 |
Cleveland Naps |
AL |
|
|
Chuck Klein |
226 |
1932 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
|
Bill Terry |
226 |
1929 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
|
Jesse Burkett |
225 |
1895 |
Cleveland Spiders |
NL |
61 |
|
Ty Cobb |
225 |
1917 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
|
Harry Heilmann |
225 |
1925 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
|
Johnny Hodapp |
225 |
1930 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
|
Paul Molitor |
225 |
1996 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
|
|
Bill Terry |
225 |
1932 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
|
Eddie Collins |
224 |
1920 |
Chicago White Sox |
AL |
67 |
|
Tommy Holmes |
224 |
1945 |
Boston Braves |
NL |
|
|
Bill McClellan |
224 |
1887 |
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers |
AA |
|
|
Joe Medwick |
224 |
1935 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
George Sisler |
224 |
1925 |
St. Louis Browns |
AL |
|
|
Ichiro Suzuki |
224 |
2006 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
|
Hank Aaron |
223 |
1959 |
Milwaukee Braves |
NL |
73 |
|
Frankie Frisch |
223 |
1923 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
|
Chuck Klein |
223 |
1933 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
|
Joe Medwick |
223 |
1936 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
Kirby Puckett |
223 |
1986 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
|
|
Yank Robinson |
223 |
1887 |
St. Louis Browns |
AA |
|
|
Lloyd Waner |
223 |
1927 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
|
Paul Waner |
223 |
1928 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
|
Frank Fennelly |
222 |
1887 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings |
AA |
81 |
|
Charlie Jamieson |
222 |
1923 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
|
Tris Speaker |
222 |
1912 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
|
Sam Thompson |
222 |
1893 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
|
Richie Ashburn |
221 |
1951 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
85 |
|
Jesse Burkett |
221 |
1899 |
St. Louis Perfectos |
NL |
|
|
Heinie Manush |
221 |
1933 |
Washington Senators |
AL |
|
|
Juan Pierre |
221 |
2004 |
Florida Marlins |
NL |
|
|
Lloyd Waner |
221 |
1928 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
|
Zack Wheat |
221 |
1925 |
Brooklyn Robins |
NL |
|
|
Michael Young |
221 |
2005 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
|
Kiki Cuyler |
220 |
1925 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
92 |
|
Lou Gehrig |
220 |
1930 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
|
Tony Gwynn |
220 |
1997 |
San Diego Padres |
NL |
|
|
Billy Hamilton |
220 |
1894 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
|
Stan Musial |
220 |
1943 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
|
Dante Bichette |
219 |
1998 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
97 |
|
Cecil Cooper |
219 |
1980 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
AL |
|
|
Ed Delahanty |
219 |
1893 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
|
Ralph Garr |
219 |
1971 |
Atlanta Braves |
NL |
100 |
|
Derek Jeter |
219 |
1999 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
|
Willie Keeler |
219 |
1894 |
Baltimore Orioles |
NL |
|
|
Chuck Klein |
219 |
1929 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
|
Lefty O'Doul |
219 |
1932 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
NL |
|
|
Cy Seymour |
219 |
1905 |
Cincinnati Reds |
NL |
|
|
Paul Waner |
219 |
1937 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
|
Jimmy Williams |
219 |
1899 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
| Name |
Hits |
Year |
Team |
League |
Rank |
|
