Major League Hitting Records
Career, Single Season, and Single Game MLB Hitting Records
May 23, 2007 James Lincoln Ray
All of the following Major League Baseball Hitting Records are from 1900 until the present unless indicated otherwise.
Career Baseball Hitting Records
Highest Batting Average: (.367) by Ty Cobb (Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics, 1905-1928)
Most Career Hits: (4,256) by Pete Rose (Reds, Phillies and Expos, 1963-1986)
Most Doubles: (792) by Tris Speaker (Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, 1907-1928)
Most Triples: (309) by Sam Crawford (Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers, 1899-1917)
Most Home Runs: (755) by Henry Aaron (Braves and Milwaukee Brewers, 1954-1976)
Most RBI: (2,297) by Henry Aaron
Most Runs: (2,295) by Rickey Henderson (too many teams, 1979-2003)
Most Walks: (2,473) by Barry Bonds (Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants, 1986-present)
Stolen Bases: (1,406) by Rickey Henderson
Hit By Pitch: (283) by Craig Biggio (Houston Astros, 1988-present)
Strikeouts: (2,597) by Reggie Jackson (Athletics, Orioles, Yankees & Angels, 1967-1987)
On-Base %: (.482) by Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox, 1939-1960)
Slugging %: (.690) by Babe Ruth (Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, 1914-1935)
* Single Season Baseball Hitting Records
Batting Average: (.426) by Napoleon Lajoie (Cleveland Naps, 1901)
Most Total Hits: (262) by Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners, 2004)
Most Doubles: (67) by Earl Webb (Boston Red Sox, 1931)
Most Triples: (36) by Owen Wilson (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1912)
Most Home Runs: (73) by Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants, 2001)
Most RBI in a Season: (191) by Hack Wilson (Chicago Cubs, 1930)
Most Runs Scored: (177) by Babe Ruth (New York Yankees, 1921)
Most Stolen Bases: (130) by Rickey Henderson (Oakland Athletics, 1982)
Most Total Bases: (457) by Babe Ruth (New York Yankees, 1921)
Most Extra Base Hits: (119) by Babe Ruth (New York Yankees, 1921)
Highest OBP: (.609) by Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants, 2004)
Highest Slugging %: (.863) by Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants, 2001)
Most Bases on Balls: (232) by Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants, 2004)
* Single Game Baseball Hitting Records
Most Hits: (7) by Rennie Stennett (Pittsburgh Pirates, 9/16/1975) in a nine inning game. Johnny Burnett of the Cleveland indians had nine hits in an 18 inning game for the Cleveland Indians on July 10, 1932.
Most Home Runs: (4) by fifteen players, most recently by Carlos Delgado on September25, 2003.
Most Stolen Bases: (6) by Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics on 9/11/12 and 9/22/12.
Most Doubles: (6) by Hank Majeski of the Philadelphia Athletics on August 27, 1948.
Most Triples: (4) by Bill Joyce of the New York Giants on May 19, 1897.*
Most Grand Slams: (2) by twelve players, most recently accomplished by Bill Mueller of the Boston Red Sox on July 29, 2003.
Most Strikeouts: (5) by hundreds of players who have logged the Platinum Sombrero.
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