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.

Consecutive game hitting streaks of 30 or more games

PlayerGamesTeamSeason
Joe DiMaggio56New York Yankees
Willie Keeler45 Baltimore Orioles1896-1897
Pete Rose44Cincinnati Reds
Bill Dahlen42Chicago Colts1894
George Sisler41St. Louis Browns
Ty Cobb40Detroit Tigers
Paul Molitor39Milwaukee Brewers
Jimmy Rollins38 Philadelphia Phillies
Tommy Holmes37Boston Braves
Gene DeMontreville36Washington Senators1896-1897
Fred Clarke35Louisville Colonels1895
Ty Cobb35Detroit Tigers
George Sisler35 St. Louis Browns
Luis Castillo35Florida Marlins
Chase Utley35Philadelphia Phillies
George McQuinn34St. Louis Browns
Dom DiMaggio34Boston Red Sox
Benito Santiago34San Diego Padres
George Davis33New York Giants1893
Hal Chase33New York Highlanders
Rogers Hornsby33St. Louis Cardinals
Heinie Manush33Washington Senators
Dan Uggla33Atlanta Braves
Harry Heilmann32 Detroit Tigers
Hal Morris32 Cincinnati Reds
Ed Delahanty31Philadelphia Phillies1899
Napoleon Lajoie31Cleveland Naps
Sam Rice31Washington Senators
Vada Pinson31 Cincinnati Reds
Willie Davis31Los Angeles Dodgers
Rico Carty31Atlanta Braves
Ron LeFlore31 Detroit Tigers
Ken Landreaux31Minnesota Twins
Vladimir Guerrero31Montreal Expos
Whit Merrifield31 Kansas City Royals
Cal McVey30Chicago White Stockings1876
Elmer Smith30Cincinnati Reds1898
Tris Speaker30Boston Red Sox
Sam Rice30 Washington Senators
Goose Goslin30Detroit Tigers
Stan Musial30St. Louis Cardinals
George Brett30Kansas City Royals
Jerome Walton30Chicago Cubs
Sandy Alomar Jr.30Cleveland Indians
Nomar Garciaparra30Boston Red Sox
Eric Davis30Baltimore Orioles
Luis Gonzalez30Arizona Diamondbacks
Albert Pujols30St. Louis Cardinals
Willy Taveras30Houston Astros
Moisés Alou30New York Mets
Ryan Zimmerman30Washington Nationals
Andre Ethier30Los Angeles Dodgers
Freddie Freeman30Atlanta Braves

Where possible, hitting streaks that extend between seasons are broken down to show when the hits occurred. For example, Keeler's indicates 1 hit in 1896, and 44 in 1897.
This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak. 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 in which his only "hits" were walks. In, 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.

7 or more hits by an individual in one game

HitsPlayerTeamDateOpponent
9Johnny BurnettCleveland IndiansJuly 10, Philadelphia Athletics
7Wilbert RobinsonBaltimore OriolesJune 10, 1892St. Louis Browns
7César GutiérrezDetroit TigersJune 21, Cleveland Indians
7Rocky ColavitoDetroit TigersJune 24, New York Yankees
7Rennie StennettPittsburgh PiratesSeptember 16, Chicago Cubs
7Brandon CrawfordSan Francisco GiantsAugust 8, Miami Marlins

6 hits in a game by an individual, twice

Excluded on this list are Henry Larkin, who accomplished this with the Washington Senators in the American Association, and Ed Delahanty, with the Philadelphia Phillies in the Players' League.

3 hits by an individual in one inning