miguel cabrera had the most hits in mlb history.
miguel cabrera had the most hits in mlb history.
who had the most hits in mlb history?
miguel cabrera
in major league baseball (mlb), the 3,000 hit club is the group of batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season hits in their careers. cap anson was the first to join the club on july 18, 1897, although his precise career hit total is unclear. two players—nap lajoie and honus wagner—reached 3,000 hits during the 1914 season. ty cobb became the club's fourth member in 1921 and became the first player in mlb history to reach 4,000 hits in 1927; he ultimately finished his career with 4,191. pete rose became the second player to reach 4,000 hits on april 13, 1984 while playing for the montreal expos. cobb, also the major leagues' all-time career batting average leader, remained the mlb hit leader until september 11, 1985, when rose collected his 4,192nd hit. rose, the current record holder, finished his career with 4,256 hits. roberto clemente's career ended with precisely 3,000 hits, reaching the mark in the last at bat of his career on september 30, 1972.
3,000 hit club
helton enjoyed arguably his best season in 2000, leading the major leagues in batting average (.372), rbi (147), doubles (59), total bases (405), extra base hits (103), slugging percentage (.698) and ops (1.162). he led the national league in hits (216) and on-base percentage (.463). helton hit a league-leading home batting average of .391 and placed third in the national league in road batting average (.353). helton's mlb-leading 103 extra base hits tied for the fourth most in mlb history and the second most in nl history. his national league-leading numbers in on-base percentage, slugging percentage and batting average gave him the "percentage triple crown." helton became the second rockies player (larry walker in 1999) to accomplish that feat. helton and walker made the rockies the first team in mlb history to record percentage triple crowns in consecutive seasons with different players. helton became only the fourth player in national league history to lead the nl in both batting average and rbi. he became the first player in national league history and the fifth player in mlb history (babe ruth, lou gehrig, jimmie foxx and hank greenberg are the others) to have at least 200 hits, 40 home runs, 100 rbi, 100 runs, 100 extra base hits and 100 walks in one season.
todd helton