Hit by Pitch All Time Leaders by Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Hit By Pitch

These are the major league ballplayers that were there — really there. So close in fact that they were hit by the pitch, either intentionally or unintentionally by the opposing team's pitcher(s).

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time career leaders in Major League hit by pitch. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"A durable power hitter, Don Baylor will probably be most noted as the major league record holder for being hit by a pitch. Unafraid to crowd the plate, he was hit a major league-high 28 times in 1987, setting the career record (244) when plunked by Rick Rhoden on June 28." - Author Morris Eckhouse on BaseballLibrary.com

Hit by Pitch All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Hit by Pitch	Rank
Hughie Jennings	287	1
Craig Biggio	285	2
Tommy Tucker	272	3
Don Baylor	267	4
Ron Hunt	243	5
Dan McGann	230	6
Jason Kendall	218	7
Frank Robinson	198	8
Minnie Minoso	192	9
Jake Beckley	183	10
Andres Galarraga	178	11
Curt Welch	173	12
Kid Elberfeld	165	13
Carlos Delgado	160	14
Fernando Vina	157	15
Brady Anderson	154	16
Fred Clarke	153	17
Chet Lemon	151	18
Carlton Fisk	143	19
Nellie Fox	142	20
Art Fletcher	141	21
Bill Dahlen	140	22
Chuck Knoblauch	139	23
Larry Walker	138	24
Frank Chance	137	25
Jason Giambi	135	26
Nap Lajoie	134	27
Dummy Hoy	133	28
Steve Brodie	132	29
John McGraw	132
Brian Downing	129	31
Derek Jeter	129
Willie Keeler	129
Jeff Bagwell	128	34
Gary Sheffield	128
Alex Rodriguez	127	36
Damion Easley	125	37
Honus Wagner	124	38
Buck Herzog	120	39
Jeff Kent	118	40
David Eckstein	116	41
Jimmy Dykes	115	42
Sherm Lollar	115
Frankie Crosetti	114	44
Bill Freehan	114
Jose Guillen	114
Andre Dawson	111	47
Steve Evans	111
Luis Gonzalez	111
George Burns	110	50
Sherry Magee	109	51
Bill Joyce	108	52
Mo Vaughn	108
Pete Rose	107	54
Wally Schang	107
Barry Bonds	106	56
Dan Brouthers	105	57
Tris Speaker	103	58
Orlando Cepeda	102	59
Henry Larkin	100	60
Elmer Flick	99	61
Mark Grudzielanek	99
Bucky Harris	99
Eddie Yost	99
Rickey Henderson	98	65
Dick Bartell	97	66
Jason LaRue	97
Mike Macfarlane	97
Dick Padden	97
Gary Gaetti	96	70
Reggie Jackson	96
Geoff Jenkins	95	72
Scott Rolen	95
Ty Cobb	94	74
Ed Delahanty	94
Matt Lawton	94
John Reilly	94
Jake Stahl	94
John Titus	94
Jim Delahanty	92	80
Doc Gessler	92
Jimmy Sheckard	92
Lonnie Smith	92
Jeff Blauser	91	84
Melvin Mora	91
Ed Sprague	91
Gene Tenace	91
John Warner	91
Chief Zimmer	91
Joe Carter	90	90
Norm Cash	90
Miguel Tejada	90
Craig Wilson	90
Jack Fournier	89	94
Billy Hamilton	89
Mike Lieberthal	89
Edgar Martinez	89
Eric Young	89
John Olerud	88	99
Cesar Tovar	88	100
Rondell White	88
Name	Hit by Pitch	Rank
Current Through 2007 Season

Between 1901 and 2005 there have been four (4) National League games where six (6) combined hit by pitch instances took place between the two teams. Oddly enough, three (3) of those involved the Florida Marlins & three (3) of those involved the Pittsburgh Pirates and each is listed below:

Date / Box	Team	HBP	Team	HBP
06-29-1994	Montreal	4	Florida	2
05-16-1995	Florida	4	Pittsburgh	2
05-22-1999	Pittsburgh	4	Florida	2
09-16-2000	Pittsburgh	4	Houston	2

If hit by pitch records interest you, please click the link and visit our page dedicated to players who were hit by pitches more often and read about most in a season, most by a rookie in a season, most by a right-handed hitter, left-handed hitter, switch-hitter and many other unique and hard to find variations.

Did you know that when Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles got hit by Mike Morgan during the first inning of the game played on May 23, 1999 TWICE, he became the first and only American League player hit by a pitch twice in the same inning?

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