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| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 1. | Barry Bonds* (43) | 2935 | L |
| 2. | Omar Vizquel# (41) | 2601 | B |
| 3. | Ken Griffey* (38) | 2593 | L |
| 4. | Gary Sheffield (39) | 2541 | R |
| 5. | Ivan Rodriguez (36) | 2528 | R |
| 6. | Luis Gonzalez* (40) | 2525 | L |
| 7. | Frank Thomas (40) | 2433 | R |
| 8. | Kenny Lofton* (41) | 2428 | L |
| 9. | Sammy Sosa (39) | 2408 | R |
| 10. | Derek Jeter (34) | 2397 | R |
| 11. | Jeff Kent (40) | 2366 | R |
| 12. | Alex Rodriguez (32) | 2276 | R |
| 13. | Manny Ramirez (36) | 2252 | R |
| 14. | Garret Anderson* (36) | 2238 | L |
| 15. | Chipper Jones# (36) | 2169 | B |
| 16. | Johnny Damon* (34) | 2139 | L |
| 17. | Mike Piazza (39) | 2127 | R |
| 18. | Moises Alou (41) | 2123 | R |
| 19. | Vladimir Guerrero (32) | 2007 | R |
| 20. | Shawn Green* (35) | 2003 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 21. | Edgar Renteria (32) | 1971 | R |
| 22. | Ray Durham# (36) | 1967 | B |
| 23. | Jim Thome* (37) | 1951 | L |
| 24. | Mark Grudzielanek (38) | 1944 | R |
| 25. | Todd Helton* (34) | 1916 | L |
| 26. | Royce Clayton (38) | 1904 | R |
| 27. | Jason Kendall (34) | 1879 | R |
| 28. | Carlos Delgado* (36) | 1877 | L |
| 29. | Jim Edmonds* (38) | 1817 | L |
| 30. | Bobby Abreu* (34) | 1809 | L |
| 31. | Miguel Tejada (34) | 1786 | R |
| 32. | Brian Giles* (37) | 1719 | L |
| 33. | Jason Giambi* (37) | 1716 | L |
| 34. | Andruw Jones (31) | 1702 | R |
| 35. | Magglio Ordonez (34) | 1697 | R |
| 36. | Nomar Garciaparra (34) | 1666 | R |
| Reggie Sanders (40) | 1666 | R | |
| 38. | Ichiro Suzuki* (34) | 1636 | L |
| 39. | Luis Castillo# (32) | 1635 | B |
| 40. | Shannon Stewart (34) | 1630 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 41. | Mark Loretta (36) | 1614 | R |
| 42. | Jeff Cirillo (38) | 1598 | R |
| 43. | Darin Erstad* (34) | 1597 | L |
| 44. | Scott Rolen (33) | 1574 | R |
| 45. | Ryan Klesko* (37) | 1564 | L |
| 46. | Carlos Lee (32) | 1537 | R |
| 47. | Rondell White (36) | 1519 | R |
| 48. | Jermaine Dye (34) | 1513 | R |
| 49. | Brad Ausmus (39) | 1498 | R |
| 50. | Sean Casey* (33) | 1485 | L |
| 51. | Orlando Cabrera (33) | 1475 | R |
| 52. | Jose Vidro# (33) | 1473 | B |
| 53. | Adrian Beltre (29) | 1468 | R |
| 54. | Juan Pierre* (30) | 1464 | L |
| 55. | Carlos Beltran# (31) | 1460 | B |
| Paul Konerko (32) | 1460 | R | |
| 57. | Rich Aurilia (36) | 1458 | R |
| 58. | Mark Kotsay* (32) | 1449 | L |
| 59. | Mike Sweeney (34) | 1424 | R |
| 60. | Randy Winn# (34) | 1421 | B |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 61. | Cliff Floyd* (35) | 1416 | L |
| 62. | Derrek Lee (32) | 1404 | R |
| 63. | Albert Pujols (28) | 1389 | R |
| 64. | Mike Cameron (35) | 1374 | R |
| 65. | Neifi Perez# (35) | 1370 | B |
| 66. | Jorge Posada# (36) | 1353 | B |
| 67. | Placido Polanco (32) | 1350 | R |
| 68. | Jose Valentin# (38) | 1348 | B |
| Dmitri Young# (34) | 1348 | B | |
| 70. | Michael Young (31) | 1347 | R |
| 71. | Mike Lowell (34) | 1346 | R |
| 72. | Lance Berkman# (32) | 1327 | B |
| 73. | Rafael Furcal# (30) | 1326 | B |
| 74. | Jimmy Rollins# (29) | 1322 | B |
| 75. | Todd Walker* (35) | 1316 | L |
| 76. | Damion Easley (38) | 1312 | R |
| 77. | Alfonso Soriano (32) | 1285 | R |
| 78. | Aramis Ramirez (30) | 1279 | R |
| 79. | Jacque Jones* (33) | 1268 | L |
| 80. | Juan Encarnacion (32) | 1264 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 81. | Torii Hunter (32) | 1257 | R |
| 82. | Jose Guillen (32) | 1256 | R |
| Matt Stairs* (40) | 1256 | L | |
| 84. | David Ortiz* (32) | 1252 | L |
| 85. | Geoff Jenkins* (33) | 1249 | L |
| 86. | Richie Sexson (33) | 1248 | R |
| 87. | Raul Ibanez* (36) | 1227 | L |
| 88. | Eric Chavez* (30) | 1225 | L |
| 89. | Ron Belliard (33) | 1196 | R |
| 90. | Chris Gomez (37) | 1172 | R |
| 91. | Jose Cruz# (34) | 1164 | B |
| 92. | Melvin Mora (36) | 1159 | R |
| 93. | Mike Lieberthal (36) | 1155 | R |
| 94. | Scott Hatteberg* (38) | 1153 | L |
| 95. | Troy Glaus (31) | 1151 | R |
| 96. | Tony Clark# (36) | 1148 | B |
| 97. | Tony Batista (34) | 1146 | R |
| 98. | Kevin Millar (36) | 1137 | R |
| 99. | Aubrey Huff* (31) | 1117 | L |
| 100. | Vernon Wells (29) | 1115 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 101. | David Eckstein (33) | 1108 | R |
| 102. | Julio Lugo (32) | 1106 | R |
| 103. | Jason Varitek# (36) | 1090 | B |
| 104. | Carlos Guillen# (32) | 1089 | B |
| 105. | Paul Lo Duca (36) | 1080 | R |
| 106. | Jay Payton (35) | 1079 | R |
| 107. | Cristian Guzman# (30) | 1077 | B |
| 108. | Pat Burrell (31) | 1068 | R |
| 109. | J.D. Drew* (32) | 1060 | L |
| 110. | Preston Wilson (33) | 1055 | R |
| 111. | Adam Kennedy* (32) | 1050 | L |
| 112. | Carl Crawford* (26) | 1033 | L |
| 113. | Frank Catalanotto* (34) | 1020 | L |
| 114. | Shea Hillenbrand (32) | 1014 | R |
| 115. | Jack Wilson (30) | 1005 | R |
| 116. | Scott Spiezio# (35) | 996 | B |
| 117. | Alex Gonzalez (31) | 994 | R |
| 118. | Trot Nixon* (34) | 989 | L |
| 119. | A.J. Pierzynski* (31) | 983 | L |
| 120. | Aaron Boone (35) | 972 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 121. | Craig Counsell* (37) | 970 | L |
| 122. | Bengie Molina (33) | 969 | R |
| 123. | Brian Roberts# (30) | 951 | B |
| 124. | Ramon Hernandez (32) | 948 | R |
| 125. | Corey Koskie* (35) | 936 | L |
| 126. | Michael Barrett (31) | 905 | R |
| 127. | John Mabry* (37) | 898 | L |
| 128. | Gary Matthews# (33) | 893 | B |
| 129. | Miguel Cabrera (25) | 877 | R |
| 130. | Todd Hollandsworth* (35) | 871 | L |
| 131. | Adam Dunn* (28) | 857 | L |
| 132. | Mark Teixeira# (28) | 848 | B |
| 133. | Damian Miller (38) | 834 | R |
| 134. | Miguel Cairo (34) | 828 | R |
| 135. | Marlon Anderson* (34) | 826 | L |
| 136. | Doug Mientkiewicz* (34) | 824 | L |
| 137. | Corey Patterson* (28) | 821 | L |
| 138. | Marcus Giles (30) | 813 | R |
| 139. | Juan Uribe (28) | 809 | R |
| 140. | Aaron Rowand (30) | 800 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Hits | Bats |
| 141. | Hideki Matsui* (34) | 795 | L |
| 142. | Hank Blalock* (27) | 787 | L |
| Orlando Hudson# (30) | 787 | B | |
| 144. | Chone Figgins# (30) | 774 | B |
| 145. | Geoff Blum# (35) | 766 | B |
| 146. | Eric Byrnes (32) | 759 | R |
| 147. | Victor Martinez# (29) | 755 | B |
| 148. | Casey Blake (34) | 751 | R |
| Gregg Zaun# (37) | 751 | B | |
| 150. | Jose Reyes# (25) | 748 | B |
Stats updated through May 10, 2008.
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