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| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 1. | Barry Bonds* (43) | 2935 | L |
| 2. | Ken Griffey* (38) | 2680 | L |
| 3. | Omar Vizquel# (41) | 2657 | B |
| 4. | Gary Sheffield (39) | 2615 | R |
| 5. | Ivan Rodriguez (36) | 2605 | R |
| 6. | Luis Gonzalez* (40) | 2591 | L |
| 7. | Derek Jeter (34) | 2535 | R |
| 8. | Frank Thomas (40) | 2468 | R |
| 9. | Jeff Kent (40) | 2461 | R |
| 10. | Kenny Lofton* (41) | 2428 | L |
| 11. | Sammy Sosa (39) | 2408 | R |
| 12. | Alex Rodriguez (32) | 2404 | R |
| 13. | Manny Ramirez (36) | 2392 | R |
| 14. | Garret Anderson* (36) | 2368 | L |
| 15. | Chipper Jones# (36) | 2277 | B |
| 16. | Johnny Damon* (34) | 2270 | L |
| 17. | Vladimir Guerrero (32) | 2136 | R |
| 18. | Moises Alou (41) | 2134 | R |
| 19. | Mike Piazza (39) | 2127 | R |
| 20. | Edgar Renteria (32) | 2070 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 21. | Ray Durham# (36) | 2054 | B |
| 22. | Jim Thome* (37) | 2048 | L |
| 23. | Carlos Delgado* (36) | 2010 | L |
| Mark Grudzielanek (38) | 2010 | R | |
| 25. | Shawn Green* (35) | 2003 | L |
| 26. | Jason Kendall (34) | 1975 | R |
| 27. | Todd Helton* (34) | 1957 | L |
| 28. | Bobby Abreu* (34) | 1946 | L |
| 29. | Miguel Tejada (34) | 1915 | R |
| 30. | Royce Clayton (38) | 1904 | R |
| 31. | Jim Edmonds* (38) | 1881 | L |
| 32. | Brian Giles* (37) | 1854 | L |
| 33. | Magglio Ordonez (34) | 1830 | R |
| 34. | Jason Giambi* (37) | 1812 | L |
| 35. | Ichiro Suzuki* (34) | 1805 | L |
| 36. | Andruw Jones (31) | 1716 | R |
| 37. | Nomar Garciaparra (34) | 1702 | R |
| 38. | Luis Castillo# (32) | 1684 | B |
| 39. | Darin Erstad* (34) | 1671 | L |
| Mark Loretta (36) | 1671 | R | |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 41. | Reggie Sanders (40) | 1666 | R |
| 42. | Scott Rolen (33) | 1665 | R |
| 43. | Jermaine Dye (34) | 1653 | R |
| Shannon Stewart (34) | 1653 | R | |
| 45. | Carlos Lee (32) | 1635 | R |
| 46. | Orlando Cabrera (33) | 1632 | R |
| 47. | Carlos Beltran# (31) | 1605 | B |
| 48. | Jeff Cirillo (38) | 1598 | R |
| 49. | Adrian Beltre (29) | 1581 | R |
| 50. | Randy Winn# (34) | 1569 | B |
| 51. | Ryan Klesko* (37) | 1564 | L |
| 52. | Rich Aurilia (36) | 1550 | R |
| 53. | Juan Pierre* (30) | 1546 | L |
| 54. | Paul Konerko (32) | 1539 | R |
| 55. | Derrek Lee (32) | 1538 | R |
| 56. | Brad Ausmus (39) | 1537 | R |
| 57. | Sean Casey* (33) | 1531 | L |
| Albert Pujols (28) | 1531 | R | |
| 59. | Mark Kotsay* (32) | 1524 | L |
| Jose Vidro# (33) | 1524 | B | |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 61. | Rondell White (36) | 1519 | R |
| 62. | Placido Polanco (32) | 1495 | R |
| 63. | Michael Young (31) | 1488 | R |
| 64. | Cliff Floyd* (35) | 1477 | L |
| 65. | Mike Cameron (35) | 1474 | R |
| 66. | Jimmy Rollins# (29) | 1461 | B |
| 67. | Lance Berkman# (32) | 1449 | B |
| 68. | Mike Lowell (34) | 1438 | R |
| 69. | Mike Sweeney (34) | 1434 | R |
| 70. | Aramis Ramirez (30) | 1406 | R |
| 71. | Alfonso Soriano (32) | 1391 | R |
| 72. | Dmitri Young# (34) | 1389 | B |
| 73. | Jose Guillen (32) | 1388 | R |
| 74. | Damion Easley (38) | 1386 | R |
| 75. | Jorge Posada# (36) | 1379 | B |
| 76. | Torii Hunter (32) | 1371 | R |
| 77. | Raul Ibanez* (36) | 1370 | L |
| Neifi Perez# (35) | 1370 | B | |
| 79. | Jose Valentin# (38) | 1348 | B |
| 80. | David Ortiz* (32) | 1329 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 81. | Rafael Furcal# (30) | 1328 | B |
| 82. | Todd Walker* (35) | 1316 | L |
| 83. | Matt Stairs* (40) | 1313 | L |
| 84. | Geoff Jenkins* (33) | 1293 | L |
| 85. | Richie Sexson (33) | 1286 | R |
| 86. | Jacque Jones* (33) | 1272 | L |
| 87. | Troy Glaus (31) | 1271 | R |
| 88. | Ron Belliard (33) | 1269 | R |
| 89. | Melvin Mora (36) | 1267 | R |
| 90. | Juan Encarnacion (32) | 1264 | R |
| 91. | Aubrey Huff* (31) | 1262 | L |
| 92. | Eric Chavez* (30) | 1247 | L |
| 93. | Kevin Millar (36) | 1228 | R |
| 94. | Cristian Guzman# (30) | 1211 | B |
| 95. | Chris Gomez (37) | 1206 | R |
| 96. | Vernon Wells (29) | 1204 | R |
| 97. | Tony Clark# (36) | 1176 | B |
| 98. | Carlos Guillen# (32) | 1173 | B |
| 99. | Jose Cruz# (34) | 1167 | B |
| 100. | Pat Burrell (31) | 1166 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 101. | David Eckstein (33) | 1165 | R |
| 102. | Jason Varitek# (36) | 1156 | B |
| 103. | Mike Lieberthal (36) | 1155 | R |
| 104. | Scott Hatteberg* (38) | 1153 | L |
| 105. | Tony Batista (34) | 1146 | R |
| 106. | Jay Payton (35) | 1145 | R |
| 107. | Julio Lugo (32) | 1141 | R |
| 108. | J.D. Drew* (32) | 1134 | L |
| 109. | Adam Kennedy* (32) | 1117 | L |
| 110. | Paul Lo Duca (36) | 1112 | R |
| 111. | Carl Crawford* (26) | 1111 | L |
| 112. | A.J. Pierzynski* (31) | 1100 | L |
| 113. | Brian Roberts# (30) | 1095 | B |
| 114. | Bengie Molina (33) | 1093 | R |
| 115. | Jack Wilson (30) | 1087 | R |
| 116. | Frank Catalanotto* (34) | 1069 | L |
| 117. | Preston Wilson (33) | 1055 | R |
| 118. | Ramon Hernandez (32) | 1044 | R |
| 119. | Miguel Cabrera (25) | 1022 | R |
| 120. | Aaron Boone (35) | 1017 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 121. | Craig Counsell* (37) | 1014 | L |
| Shea Hillenbrand (32) | 1014 | R | |
| 123. | Scott Spiezio# (35) | 996 | B |
| 124. | Trot Nixon* (34) | 995 | L |
| 125. | Alex Gonzalez (31) | 994 | R |
| 126. | Mark Teixeira# (28) | 989 | B |
| 127. | Gary Matthews# (33) | 966 | B |
| 128. | Adam Dunn* (28) | 955 | L |
| 129. | Corey Koskie* (35) | 936 | L |
| 130. | Michael Barrett (31) | 922 | R |
| 131. | Jose Reyes# (25) | 919 | B |
| 132. | Aaron Rowand (30) | 910 | R |
| 133. | John Mabry* (37) | 898 | L |
| 134. | Doug Mientkiewicz* (34) | 893 | L |
| 135. | Miguel Cairo (34) | 881 | R |
| 136. | Orlando Hudson# (30) | 879 | B |
| 137. | Corey Patterson* (28) | 876 | L |
| 138. | Casey Blake (34) | 873 | R |
| 139. | Todd Hollandsworth* (35) | 871 | L |
| 140. | Juan Uribe (28) | 870 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 141. | Chone Figgins# (30) | 862 | B |
| 142. | Hideki Matsui* (34) | 852 | L |
| 143. | Marlon Anderson* (34) | 849 | L |
| 144. | Matt Holliday (28) | 848 | R |
| 145. | Felipe Lopez# (28) | 838 | B |
| 146. | Hank Blalock* (27) | 835 | L |
| 147. | Damian Miller (38) | 834 | R |
| 148. | Geoff Blum# (35) | 827 | B |
| 149. | Lyle Overbay* (31) | 824 | L |
| 150. | Pedro Feliz (33) | 822 | R |
| Cesar Izturis# (28) | 822 | B |
Stats updated through October 30, 2008.
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