Prior to the start of the 2018 season, the Rangers signed Bartolo Colón, giving them the only two active players with at least 20 seasons in the major leagues. On April 5, 2018, Beltré doubled in the second inning versus the Oakland Athletics to pass Rod Carew as the all-time hits leader by a Latin-American player with 3,054. Beltré later singled in the eighth inning to pull into a tie with former teammate Rickey Henderson for 24th on the all-time hit list. He would move past Craig Biggio 5 days later for 23rd place all-time with his 3,061st hit.