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3000 And Beyond: All-Time Hits Leaders

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter continues his march to become only the 28th player in Major League Baseball history to reach the 3000-hit milestone.

Jeter is now two hits shy of the milestone.

Here is a list of the top 50 MLB leaders in hits from baseball-reference.com

+ Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Rank Player Hits Bats
1. Pete Rose 4256 B
2. Ty Cobb+ 4189 L
3. Hank Aaron+ 3771 R
4. Stan Musial+ 3630 L
5. Tris Speaker+ 3514 L
6. Cap Anson+ 3435 R
7. Honus Wagner+ 3420 R
8. Carl Yastrzemski+ 3419 L
9. Paul Molitor+ 3319 R
10. Eddie Collins+ 3315 L
11. Willie Mays+ 3283 R
12. Eddie Murray+ 3255 B
13. Nap Lajoie+ 3242 R
14. Cal Ripken+ 3184 R
15. George Brett+ 3154 L
16. Paul Waner+ 3152 L
17. Robin Yount+ 3142 R
18. Tony Gwynn+ 3141 L
19. Dave Winfield+ 3110 R
20. Craig Biggio 3060 R
21. Rickey Henderson+ 3055 R
22. Rod Carew+ 3053 L
23. Lou Brock+ 3023 L
24. Rafael Palmeiro 3020 L
25. Wade Boggs+ 3010 L
26. Al Kaline+ 3007 R
27. Derek Jeter 3002/td> R
28. Roberto Clemente+ 3000 R
29. Sam Rice+ 2987 L
30. Sam Crawford+ 2961 L
31. Frank Robinson+ 2943 R
32. Barry Bonds 2935 L
33. Jake Beckley+ 2934 L
34. Willie Keeler+ 2932 L
35. Rogers Hornsby+ 2930 R
36. Al Simmons+ 2927 R
37. Zack Wheat+ 2884 L
38. Frankie Frisch+ 2880 B
39. Mel Ott+ 2876 L
40. Babe Ruth+ 2873 L
41. Harold Baines 2866 L
42. Jesse Burkett+ 2850 L
43. Brooks Robinson+ 2848 R
44. Ivan Rodriguez 2842 R
45. Charlie Gehringer+ 2839 L
46. Omar Vizquel 2831 B
47. George Sisler+ 2812 L
48. Ken Griffey 2781 L
49. Andre Dawson+ 2774 R
50. Alex Rodriguez 2762 R
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