Hits Single Season Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for Hits

These are the players that are there when you need them — bat in hand, ball in play. The men that have mastered the fine art of hitting and combined it with good health to make a season that few will ever achieve — two-hundred plus hits; however, to even appear in the top twenty you will need more than two-hundred thirty hits.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred all-time single season leaders in Major League hits. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In 1887 Major League Baseball ruled that walks would be added to a player's hits total. This was reversed by a special committee designed for rules then restored by MLB in 1999 (but they do not count as record holders even though their "total" exceeds the actual record holders).

"If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit." - Hall of Famer Paul Waner (#20 Overall Single Season Leader for Hits)

Hits Single Season Leaders 'Top 100'
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
Ichiro Suzuki	238	2007	Seattle Mariners	AL
Hugh Duffy	237	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	25
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	29
Rogers Hornsby	235	1921	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	30
Paul Radford	235	1887	New York Metropolitans	AA
Kirby Puckett	234	1988	Minnesota Twins	AL	32
Lloyd Waner	234	1929	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Joe Jackson	233	1911	Cleveland Naps	AL	34
Earl Averill	232	1936	Cleveland Indians	AL	35
Nap Lajoie	232	1901	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Matty Alou	231	1969	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	37
Earle Combs	231	1927	New York Yankees	AL
Freddie Lindstrom	231	1930	New York Giants	NL
Freddie Lindstrom	231	1928	New York Giants	NL
Tommy Davis	230	1962	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	41
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	47
Kiki Cuyler	228	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	48
Stan Musial	228	1946	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Jim Bottomley	227	1925	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	50
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	57
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	62
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
Ichiro Suzuki	225	2009	Seattle Mariners	AL
Bill Terry	225	1932	New York Giants	NL
Eddie Collins	224	1920	Chicago White Sox	AL	69
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	75
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	83
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	87
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	94
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	99
Cecil Cooper	219	1980	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	100
Ed Delahanty	219	1893	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Ralph Garr	219	1971	Atlanta Braves	NL
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
Current Through 2009 Season

Rogers Hornsby holds the Major League record for most hits in two consecutive seasons with a total of four-hundred eighty-five — an amazing two-hundred thirty-five in 1921 and two-hundred fifty in 1922.

Did you know that in 1995 John Vander Wal of the Colorado Rockies set the National and Major League record for hits in a single season by a pinch-hitter with twenty-eight?

In 2001 Ichiro Suzuki set the American and Major League record for hits in a single season by a rookie when he made contact two-hundred forty-two times. In 2004 he was more seasoned and it showed as he broke George Sisler's eighty-four year-old record setting a new all-time single season record for hits with two-hundred sixty-two.

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