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of the annual top ten leaders in career
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. The table assists in identifying the most significant players in each era, and helps to understand the importance of many past stars. Before
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's record for career hits, for example,
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had each reached the number two spot in succession. It is also quite valuable to identify the leaders during the 19th century, when seasons were shorter (usually from 60 to 130 games); while nearly 250 players have now reached the 2,000-hit plateau, barely a dozen had done so by the end of the 19th century. In the era before 1893, when the distance between the pitcher and home plate was extended from 45 feet to 60 feet, long-neglected stars
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were mainstays among the top five, along with
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and Jim O'Rourke. This chart uses the hit totals that Major League Baseball officially recognizes, as maintained and provided by the
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; they are derived from the annual official league statistics, even when those totals have been proven by later research to be in error. Particularly with regard to players from before 1920, these totals often differ from those used by
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'' and ''Total Baseball''. They are also not the same as the historical totals displayed on MLB's official website. While the specific totals may vary between sources, and slight variations in the order may result, the leaders would overwhelmingly be the same regardless of which set of numbers is used; except for 1904, in no year does more than one player drop out of the top 10 when a different version of the statistics is employed. Furthermore, this table accurately represents what observers of each era ''believed'' to be true.


1876–1900


1901–1960


1961–2020


2021–

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See also

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List of Major League Baseball hit records This is a list of Major League Baseball hit records. Bolded names mean the player is still active and playing. 3,000 career hits 240 hits in one season Evolution of the single season record for hits Three or more seasons with 215+ hits Fiv ...


External links


Baseball-Reference.com - Top 1000 major leaguers in career hits
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