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Statistic Description: Hits/Hits Allowed
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jamie Moyer (25, 49) | 4231 | L |
| 2. | Livan Hernandez (17, 37) | 3525 | R |
| 3. | Andy Pettitte (17, 40) | 3250 | L |
| 4. | Jeff Suppan (17, 37) | 2843 | R |
| 5. | Mark Buehrle (13, 33) | 2807 | L |
| 6. | Kevin Millwood (16, 37) | 2770 | R |
| 7. | Derek Lowe (16, 39) | 2743 | R |
| 8. | Roy Halladay (15, 35) | 2591 | R |
| 9. | Tim Hudson (14, 36) | 2504 | R |
| 10. | Bartolo Colon (15, 39) | 2401 | R |
| 11. | CC Sabathia (12, 31) | 2361 | L |
| 12. | Randy Wolf (14, 35) | 2231 | L |
| 13. | Chris Carpenter (15, 37) | 2205 | R |
| 14. | Barry Zito (13, 34) | 2196 | L |
| 15. | Ryan Dempster (15, 35) | 2177 | R |
| 16. | Freddy Garcia (14, 35) | 2160 | R |
| 17. | Roy Oswalt (12, 34) | 2150 | R |
| 18. | Kyle Lohse (12, 33) | 2137 | R |
| 19. | Bronson Arroyo (13, 35) | 2122 | R |
| 20. | Jamey Wright (17, 37) | 2035 | R |
| 21. | Miguel Batista (18, 41) | 2021 | R |
| 22. | Brad Penny (13, 34) | 1996 | R |
| 23. | Darren Oliver (19, 41) | 1990 | L |
| 24. | A.J. Burnett (14, 35) | 1975 | R |
| 25. | Carl Pavano (14, 36) | 1971 | R |
| 26. | John Lackey (10, 33) | 1955 | R |
| 27. | Jason Marquis (13, 33) | 1904 | R |
| 28. | Brett Tomko (14, 39) | 1898 | R |
| 29. | Aaron Harang (11, 34) | 1888 | R |
| 30. | Joel Pineiro (12, 33) | 1878 | R |
| 31. | Cliff Lee (11, 33) | 1823 | L |
| 32. | Dan Haren (10, 31) | 1821 | R |
| 33. | Doug Davis (13, 36) | 1813 | L |
| 34. | Ted Lilly (14, 36) | 1800 | L |
| 35. | Jake Westbrook (12, 34) | 1753 | R |
| 36. | Josh Beckett (12, 32) | 1751 | R |
| 37. | Johan Santana (12, 33) | 1726 | L |
| 38. | Carlos Zambrano (12, 31) | 1709 | R |
| 39. | Brett Myers (11, 31) | 1696 | R |
| 40. | Aaron Cook (11, 33) | 1636 | R |
| 41. | Vicente Padilla (14, 34) | 1612 | R |
| 42. | Ben Sheets (10, 33) | 1577 | R |
| 43. | Jake Peavy (11, 31) | 1575 | R |
| 44. | Joe Blanton (9, 31) | 1539 | R |
| 45. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 39) | 1532 | R |
| 46. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 36) | 1506 | R |
| 47. | Felix Hernandez (8, 26) | 1484 | R |
| 48. | Zack Greinke (9, 28) | 1482 | R |
| 49. | Ervin Santana (8, 29) | 1444 | R |
| 50. | LaTroy Hawkins (18, 39) | 1440 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
| 51. | James Shields (7, 30) | 1439 | R |
| 52. | Paul Maholm (8, 30) | 1425 | L |
| 53. | Kip Wells (12, 35) | 1390 | R |
| 54. | Bruce Chen (14, 35) | 1385 | L |
| 55. | Wandy Rodriguez (8, 33) | 1366 | L |
| 56. | Justin Verlander (8, 29) | 1353 | R |
| 57. | Jeff Francis (8, 31) | 1343 | L |
| 58. | Edwin Jackson (10, 28) | 1327 | R |
| 59. | Zach Duke (8, 29) | 1280 | L |
| 60. | Matt Cain (8, 27) | 1279 | R |
| Nate Robertson (9, 34) | 1279 | L | |
| 62. | Dontrelle Willis (9, 30) | 1251 | L |
| 63. | Joe Saunders (8, 31) | 1236 | L |
| 64. | Cole Hamels (7, 28) | 1223 | L |
| 65. | Jeremy Guthrie (9, 33) | 1219 | R |
| 66. | Dave Bush (8, 32) | 1194 | R |
| 67. | Ricky Nolasco (7, 29) | 1190 | R |
| 68. | Chris Capuano (8, 33) | 1180 | L |
| 69. | Jose Contreras (10, 40) | 1169 | R |
| 70. | Jered Weaver (7, 29) | 1157 | R |
| 71. | Kevin Correia (10, 31) | 1123 | R |
| Gavin Floyd (9, 29) | 1123 | R | |
| 73. | Scott Elarton (10, 36) | 1107 | R |
| 74. | Chad Billingsley (7, 27) | 1097 | R |
| 75. | Jon Lester (7, 28) | 1089 | L |
| 76. | Kerry Wood (14, 35) | 1083 | R |
| 77. | R.A. Dickey (10, 37) | 1078 | R |
| 78. | Oliver Perez (10, 30) | 1046 | L |
| 79. | Tim Lincecum (6, 28) | 1025 | R |
| 80. | Erik Bedard (9, 33) | 1009 | L |
| 81. | Nick Blackburn (6, 30) | 1003 | R |
| 82. | Adam Wainwright (7, 30) | 998 | R |
| 83. | Roberto Hernandez (7, 31) | 989 | R |
| Mike Pelfrey (7, 28) | 989 | R | |
| 85. | Scott Baker (7, 30) | 987 | R |
| 86. | Ubaldo Jimenez (7, 28) | 980 | R |
| 87. | Matt Garza (7, 28) | 974 | R |
| 88. | John Danks (6, 27) | 954 | L |
| 89. | Mariano Rivera (18, 42) | 940 | R |
| 90. | Jason Hammel (7, 29) | 927 | R |
| 91. | Jason Isringhausen (16, 39) | 901 | R |
| 92. | Tim Redding (8, 34) | 889 | R |
| 93. | Daniel Cabrera (6, 31) | 884 | R |
| 94. | Chad Durbin (13, 34) | 873 | R |
| 95. | Hiroki Kuroda (5, 37) | 872 | R |
| 96. | Kyle Farnsworth (14, 36) | 869 | R |
| 97. | Johnny Cueto (5, 26) | 859 | R |
| 98. | Anibal Sanchez (7, 28) | 850 | R |
| 99. | Shaun Marcum (7, 30) | 840 | R |
| 100. | Yovani Gallardo (6, 26) | 831 | R |
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