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Active Leaders & Records for Hits
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
Single-Season
Career
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Year-by-Year Top-Tens
Yearly League
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: Hits/Hits Allowed
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bartolo Colon (19, 43) | 3229 | R |
| 2. | CC Sabathia (16, 35) | 3003 | L |
| 3. | Kyle Lohse (16, 37) | 2711 | R |
| 4. | John Lackey (14, 37) | 2697 | R |
| 5. | Bronson Arroyo (15, 39) | 2413 | R |
| 6. | James Shields (11, 34) | 2275 | R |
| 7. | Freddy Garcia (15, 39) | 2243 | R |
| 8. | Felix Hernandez (12, 30) | 2157 | R |
| 9. | Jake Peavy (15, 35) | 2134 | R |
| 10. | Zack Greinke (13, 32) | 2133 | R |
| 11. | Ervin Santana (12, 33) | 2099 | R |
| 12. | Justin Verlander (12, 33) | 2072 | R |
| 13. | Cole Hamels (11, 32) | 1979 | L |
| 14. | Jered Weaver (11, 33) | 1861 | R |
| 15. | Jeremy Guthrie (12, 37) | 1856 | R |
| 16. | Joe Blanton (12, 35) | 1843 | R |
| 17. | R.A. Dickey (14, 41) | 1840 | R |
| Ricky Nolasco (11, 33) | 1840 | R | |
| 19. | Jon Lester (11, 32) | 1829 | L |
| 20. | Edwin Jackson (14, 32) | 1828 | R |
| 21. | Matt Cain (12, 31) | 1692 | R |
| 22. | Adam Wainwright (11, 34) | 1650 | R |
| 23. | Scott Kazmir (12, 32) | 1596 | L |
| 24. | Ubaldo Jimenez (11, 32) | 1588 | R |
| 25. | Rick Porcello (8, 27) | 1585 | R |
| 26. | Matt Garza (11, 32) | 1560 | R |
| Mike Pelfrey (11, 32) | 1560 | R | |
| 28. | Jason Hammel (11, 33) | 1542 | R |
| 29. | John Danks (10, 31) | 1533 | L |
| 30. | Yovani Gallardo (10, 30) | 1525 | R |
| 31. | Tim Lincecum (10, 32) | 1506 | R |
| 32. | David Price (9, 30) | 1488 | L |
| 33. | Chris Capuano (12, 37) | 1481 | L |
| 34. | Johnny Cueto (9, 30) | 1463 | R |
| Zach Duke (12, 33) | 1463 | L | |
| Max Scherzer (9, 31) | 1463 | R | |
| 37. | Anibal Sanchez (11, 32) | 1437 | R |
| 38. | Jorge De La Rosa (13, 35) | 1413 | L |
| 39. | Roberto Hernandez (11, 35) | 1412 | R |
| 40. | Kyle Kendrick (9, 31) | 1406 | R |
| 41. | Edinson Volquez (12, 32) | 1403 | R |
| 42. | Francisco Liriano (11, 32) | 1357 | L |
| 43. | Ian Kennedy (10, 31) | 1336 | R |
| 44. | Scott Feldman (12, 33) | 1325 | R |
| 45. | Mike Leake (7, 28) | 1305 | R |
| 46. | Gio Gonzalez (9, 30) | 1303 | L |
| 47. | Doug Fister (8, 32) | 1296 | R |
| 48. | Clayton Kershaw (9, 28) | 1295 | L |
| 49. | C.J. Wilson (11, 35) | 1287 | L |
| 50. | Jon Niese (9, 29) | 1279 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
| 51. | Phil Hughes (10, 30) | 1268 | R |
| 52. | Colby Lewis (11, 36) | 1255 | R |
| 53. | Jason Vargas (11, 33) | 1242 | L |
| 54. | Gavin Floyd (13, 33) | 1239 | R |
| 55. | Oliver Perez (14, 34) | 1223 | L |
| 56. | Madison Bumgarner (8, 26) | 1212 | L |
| 57. | Ryan Vogelsong (12, 38) | 1204 | R |
| 58. | Justin Masterson (8, 31) | 1181 | R |
| 59. | Jose Contreras (11, 44) | 1176 | R |
| 60. | Jordan Zimmermann (8, 30) | 1165 | R |
| 61. | J.A. Happ (10, 33) | 1153 | L |
| 62. | Jeff Samardzija (9, 31) | 1131 | R |
| 63. | Bud Norris (8, 31) | 1113 | R |
| 64. | Clay Buchholz (10, 31) | 1104 | R |
| 65. | Trevor Cahill (8, 28) | 1097 | R |
| 66. | Brandon McCarthy (11, 32) | 1085 | R |
| 67. | Chris Young (12, 37) | 1083 | R |
| 68. | Jerome Williams (11, 34) | 1080 | R |
| 69. | Wade Miley (6, 29) | 1037 | L |
| 70. | Homer Bailey (10, 30) | 1034 | R |
| 71. | Mat Latos (8, 28) | 1023 | R |
| 72. | Derek Holland (8, 29) | 997 | L |
| 73. | Chris Tillman (8, 28) | 975 | R |
| 74. | Carlos Villanueva (11, 32) | 967 | R |
| 75. | Charlie Morton (9, 32) | 950 | R |
| 76. | Luke Hochevar (9, 32) | 946 | R |
| Clayton Richard (8, 32) | 946 | L | |
| 78. | Kyle Farnsworth (16, 40) | 944 | R |
| 79. | Jose Quintana (5, 27) | 937 | L |
| 80. | Matt Belisle (13, 36) | 927 | R |
| 81. | Chris Sale (7, 27) | 922 | L |
| 82. | Jeremy Hellickson (7, 29) | 921 | R |
| 83. | Chien-Ming Wang (9, 36) | 918 | R |
| 84. | John Lannan (8, 31) | 913 | L |
| 85. | Tom Gorzelanny (12, 33) | 890 | L |
| 86. | Jaime Garcia (8, 29) | 889 | L |
| 87. | Chad Gaudin (11, 33) | 859 | R |
| 88. | Wei-Yin Chen (5, 30) | 847 | L |
| 89. | Ivan Nova (7, 29) | 842 | R |
| 90. | Joaquin Benoit (15, 38) | 840 | R |
| 91. | Dillon Gee (7, 30) | 820 | R |
| Travis Wood (7, 29) | 820 | L | |
| 93. | Dallas Keuchel (5, 28) | 817 | L |
| 94. | Alfredo Simon (9, 35) | 810 | R |
| 95. | Jake Arrieta (7, 30) | 804 | R |
| 96. | Chad Qualls (13, 37) | 802 | R |
| 97. | Corey Kluber (6, 30) | 801 | R |
| 98. | Hisashi Iwakuma (5, 35) | 798 | R |
| 99. | Jhoulys Chacin (8, 28) | 796 | R |
| 100. | Nathan Eovaldi (6, 26) | 782 | R |
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