League leader in hits 3 or more consecutive seasons[edit]
Player
Titles
Seasons & Teams
Ichiro Suzuki
5
2006–2010 Seattle Mariners
José Altuve
4
2014–2017 Houston Astros
Ginger Beaumont
3
1902–1904 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ty Cobb
3
1907–1909 Detroit Tigers
Rogers Hornsby
3
1920–1922 St. Louis Cardinals
Tony Oliva
3
1964–1966 Minnesota Twins
Kirby Puckett
3
1987–1989 Minnesota Twins
Johnny Pesky
3[b]
1942, 1946–1947 Boston Red Sox
League leader in hits, three decades[edit]
Player
Seasons & Teams
Pete Rose
1965, 1968, 1970, 1972–1973, 1976 Cincinnati Reds; 1981 Philadelphia Phillies
League leader in hits, both leagues[edit]
Player
Seasons & Teams
Lance Johnson
1995 Chicago White Sox; 1996 New York Mets
League leader in hits, three different teams[edit]
Player
Seasons & Teams
Paul Molitor
1991 Milwaukee Brewers; 1993 Toronto Blue Jays; 1996 Minnesota Twins
Consecutive game hitting streaks of 30 or more games[edit]
Player
Games[25]
Team
Season
Joe DiMaggio
56
New York Yankees
1941
Willie Keeler
45 (1, 44)
Baltimore Orioles
1896–1897
Pete Rose
44
Cincinnati Reds
1978
Bill Dahlen
42
Chicago Colts
1894
George Sisler
41
St. Louis Browns
1922
Ty Cobb
40
Detroit Tigers
1911
Paul Molitor
39
Milwaukee Brewers
1987
Jimmy Rollins
38 (36, 2)
Philadelphia Phillies
2005–2006
Tommy Holmes
37
Boston Braves
1945
Gene DeMontreville
36
Washington Senators
1896–1897
Fred Clarke
35
Louisville Colonels
1895
Ty Cobb
35
Detroit Tigers
1917
George Sisler
35 (1, 34)
St. Louis Browns
1924–1925
Luis Castillo
35
Florida Marlins
2002
Chase Utley
35
Philadelphia Phillies
2006
George McQuinn
34
St. Louis Browns
1938
Dom DiMaggio
34
Boston Red Sox
1949
Benito Santiago
34
San Diego Padres
1987
George Davis
33
New York Giants
1893
Hal Chase
33
New York Highlanders
1907
Rogers Hornsby
33
St. Louis Cardinals
1922
Heinie Manush
33
Washington Senators
1933
Dan Uggla
33
Atlanta Braves
2011
Harry Heilmann
32 (11, 23)
Detroit Tigers
1922–1923
Hal Morris
32 (29, 3)
Cincinnati Reds
1996–1997
Ed Delahanty
31
Philadelphia Phillies
1899
Napoleon Lajoie
31
Cleveland Naps
1906
Sam Rice
31
Washington Senators
1924
Vada Pinson
31 (27, 4)
Cincinnati Reds
1965–1966
Willie Davis
31
Los Angeles Dodgers
1969
Rico Carty
31
Atlanta Braves
1970
Ron LeFlore
31 (1, 30)
Detroit Tigers
1975–1976
Ken Landreaux
31
Minnesota Twins
1980
Vladimir Guerrero
31
Montréal Expos
1999
Whit Merrifield
31 (20, 11)
Kansas City Royals
2018-2019
Cal McVey
30
Chicago White Stockings
1876
Elmer Smith
30
Cincinnati Reds
1898
Tris Speaker
30
Boston Red Sox
1912
Sam Rice
30 (2, 28)[26]
Washington Senators
1929–1930
Goose Goslin
30
Detroit Tigers
1934
Stan Musial
30
St. Louis Cardinals
1950
George Brett
30
Kansas City Royals
1980
Jerome Walton
30
Chicago Cubs
1989
Sandy Alomar, Jr.
30
Cleveland Indians
1997
Nomar Garciaparra
30
Boston Red Sox
1997
Eric Davis
30
Baltimore Orioles
1998
Luis Gonzalez
30
Arizona Diamondbacks
1999
Albert Pujols
30
St. Louis Cardinals
2003
Willy Taveras
30
Houston Astros
2006
Moisés Alou
30
New York Mets
2007
Ryan Zimmerman
30
Washington Nationals
2009
Andre Ethier
30
Los Angeles Dodgers
2011
Freddie Freeman
30
Atlanta Braves
2016
Where possible, hitting streaks that extend between seasons are broken down to show when the hits occurred. For example, Keeler's (1, 44) indicates 1 hit in 1896, and 44 in 1897.[c]
This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak.[28] In 1887, the major leagues adopted a new rule which counted walks as hits, a rule which was dropped after that season. Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000, Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision, ruling that the statistics which were recognized in each year's official records should stand, even in cases where they were later proven incorrect. Paradoxically, the ruling affects only hit totals for the year; the batting champion for the year is not recognized as the all-time leader despite having the highest single-season average under the ruling, and Lyons' hitting streak is not recognized.
Consecutive game hitting streaks to start a career[edit]
Player
Games[25]
Team
Season
Chuck Aleno
17
Cincinnati Reds
1941
David Dahl
17
Colorado Rockies
2016
Juan Pierre
16
Colorado Rockies
2000
James Jones
14
Seattle Mariners
2014
Dale Alexander
13
Detroit Tigers
1929
Mike Woodard
13
San Francisco Giants
1985
Rocco Baldelli
13
Tampa Bay Rays
2003
Glenn Williams
13
Minnesota Twins
2005
7 or more hits by an individual in one game[edit]
Main article: List of Major League Baseball hitters with six hits in one game
Hits[29]
Player
Team
Date
Opponent
9[d]
Johnny Burnett
Cleveland Indians
July 10, 1932
Philadelphia Athletics
7
Wilbert Robinson
Baltimore Orioles
June 10, 1892
St. Louis Browns
7[e]
César Gutiérrez
Detroit Tigers
June 21, 1970
Cleveland Indians
7[f]
Rocky Colavito
Detroit Tigers
June 24, 1962
New York Yankees
7
Rennie Stennett
Pittsburgh Pirates
September 16, 1975
Chicago Cubs
7[g]
Brandon Crawford
San Francisco Giants
August 8, 2016
Miami Marlins
6 hits in a game by an individual, twice[edit]
Player
Team
Date
Cal McVey
Chicago White Stockings
July 22, 1876
Chicago White Stockings
July 25, 1876
Jim Bottomley
St. Louis Cardinals
September 16, 1924
St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1931
Doc Cramer
Philadelphia Athletics
June 20, 1932
Philadelphia Athletics
July 13, 1935
Kirby Puckett
Minnesota Twins
August 30, 1987
Minnesota Twins
May 23, 1991
Excluded on this list are Henry Larkin, who accomplished this with the Washington Senators and in the American Association, and Ed Delahanty, with the Philadelphia Phillies and in the Players' League.
3 hits by an individual in one inning[edit]
Tom Burns (September 6, 1883)
Fred Pfeffer (September 6, 1883)
Ned Williamson (September 6, 1883)
Gene Stephens (June 18, 1953)
Johnny Damon (June 27, 2003)
1,660 hits by a team in one season[edit]
Hits[30]
Team
Season
1,783
Philadelphia Phillies
1930
1,769
New York Giants
1930
1,732
Philadelphia Phillies
1894
1,732
St. Louis Cardinals
1930
1,723
Detroit Tigers
1921
1,722
Chicago Cubs
1930
1,715
Cleveland Indians
1936
1,698
Pittsburgh Pirates
1922
1,693
Philadelphia Phillies
1929
1,684
St. Louis Browns
1922
1,684
Boston Red Sox
1997
1,683
New York Yankees
1930
1,676
New York Yankees
1936
1,672
Detroit Tigers
1929
1,667
Boston Red Sox
2003
1,667
New York Yankees
1931
1,665
Boston Red Sox
1950
1,665
Cleveland Indians
1996
1,664
Colorado Rockies
2000
1,664
Philadelphia Phillies
1895
1,663
Colorado Rockies
2001
1,661
New York Giants
1922
See also[edit]
Baseball portal
List of lifetime Major League Baseball hit leaders through history
Notes[edit]
^While Ichiro Suzuki had played professionally in Japan, this mark is considered the Major League Baseball record for rookies, as this was his first year in Major League Baseball.
^After leading the American League in 1942, Pesky missed the next three full seasons serving in World War II. As 1942 was his rookie season, he is the only player to lead his league in hits for his first three seasons.
^Major League Baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: Longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. Rollins 2005–2006).[27] Keeler's, Sisler's, and Rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing single-season streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing multiple-season streaks.
^18 inning game
^Second game of a double header
^22 inning game
^14 inning game
References[edit]
^"Single season hit leaders". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Leader in hits by season". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Paul Waner career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Rogers Hornsby career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Ichiro Suzuki career stats". New York Yankees. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Ty Cobb career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"George Sisler career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Sam Rice career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Joe Medwick career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Stan Musial career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Pete Rose career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Kirby Puckett career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Michael Young career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Lou Gehrig career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Willie Keeler career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Derek Jeter career stats". New York Yankees. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Charie Gehringer career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Wade Boggs career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Al Simmons career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Steve Garvey career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Chuck Klein career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Tony Gwynn career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ a bKuenster, Bob (March–April 2006). "Letters to the Editor". Baseball Digest. Evanston, Illinois, USA: Century Publishing Company. 65 (2): 15. ISSN 0005-609X. Garry Templeton and Willie Wilson are the only two switch-hitters to collect 100 or more hits from each side of the plate in one season. Templeton ... totaled 111 from the left side and 100 from the right side. Wilson (amassed) ... 130 as a left and 100 as a righty swinger.
^"League leader in hits, by year". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ a bList of 30 game hitting streaks
^Butt, Jason. "Washington's Hit Club". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ESPN – Phils' Rollins extends streak to 36 games – MLB
^List of 30 game hitting streaks
^"Single game hit records". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^"Best seasons for team hitting". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014.