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Statistic Description: Hits/Hits Allowed
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andy Pettitte (18, 41) | 3295 | L |
| 2. | Mark Buehrle (14, 34) | 2865 | L |
| 3. | Derek Lowe (17, 40) | 2757 | R |
| 4. | Roy Halladay (16, 36) | 2624 | R |
| 5. | Tim Hudson (15, 37) | 2548 | R |
| 6. | Bartolo Colon (16, 40) | 2451 | R |
| 7. | CC Sabathia (13, 32) | 2422 | L |
| 8. | Esteban Loaiza (14, 41) | 2352 | R |
| 9. | Barry Zito (14, 35) | 2247 | L |
| 10. | Jon Garland (13, 33) | 2223 | R |
| 11. | Ryan Dempster (16, 36) | 2213 | R |
| 12. | Chris Carpenter (15, 38) | 2205 | R |
| 13. | Kyle Lohse (13, 34) | 2189 | R |
| 14. | Bronson Arroyo (14, 36) | 2174 | R |
| 15. | Freddy Garcia (15, 36) | 2168 | R |
| 16. | Jamey Wright (18, 38) | 2046 | R |
| 17. | Miguel Batista (18, 42) | 2021 | R |
| 18. | A.J. Burnett (15, 36) | 2016 | R |
| 19. | Darren Oliver (20, 42) | 2008 | L |
| 20. | John Lackey (11, 34) | 1986 | R |
| 21. | Jason Marquis (14, 34) | 1939 | R |
| 22. | Aaron Harang (12, 35) | 1918 | R |
| 23. | Dan Haren (11, 32) | 1876 | R |
| 24. | Cliff Lee (12, 34) | 1875 | L |
| 25. | Ted Lilly (15, 37) | 1814 | L |
| 26. | Josh Beckett (13, 33) | 1801 | R |
| 27. | Jake Westbrook (13, 35) | 1792 | R |
| 28. | Johan Santana (12, 34) | 1726 | L |
| 29. | Brett Myers (12, 32) | 1725 | R |
| 30. | Aaron Cook (11, 34) | 1636 | R |
| 31. | Joe Blanton (10, 32) | 1614 | R |
| 32. | Jake Peavy (12, 32) | 1613 | R |
| 33. | Ramon Ortiz (12, 40) | 1541 | R |
| 34. | Felix Hernandez (9, 27) | 1534 | R |
| 35. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 37) | 1506 | R |
| 36. | Ervin Santana (9, 30) | 1491 | R |
| 37. | Zack Greinke (10, 29) | 1489 | R |
| 38. | James Shields (8, 31) | 1481 | R |
| 39. | Paul Maholm (9, 31) | 1465 | L |
| 40. | LaTroy Hawkins (19, 40) | 1462 | R |
| 41. | Kelvim Escobar (12, 37) | 1461 | R |
| 42. | Bruce Chen (15, 36) | 1398 | L |
| Wandy Rodriguez (9, 34) | 1398 | L | |
| 44. | Justin Verlander (9, 30) | 1397 | R |
| 45. | Kip Wells (12, 36) | 1390 | R |
| 46. | Jeff Francis (9, 32) | 1386 | L |
| 47. | Edwin Jackson (11, 29) | 1375 | R |
| 48. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 39) | 1361 | L |
| 49. | Matt Cain (9, 28) | 1322 | R |
| 50. | Zach Duke (9, 30) | 1302 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
| 51. | Joe Saunders (9, 32) | 1290 | L |
| 52. | Nate Robertson (9, 35) | 1279 | L |
| 53. | Jeremy Guthrie (10, 34) | 1272 | R |
| 54. | Cole Hamels (8, 29) | 1266 | L |
| 55. | Jeremy Bonderman (8, 30) | 1245 | R |
| 56. | Ricky Nolasco (8, 30) | 1242 | R |
| 57. | Chris Capuano (9, 34) | 1200 | L |
| 58. | Dave Bush (9, 33) | 1199 | R |
| 59. | Kevin Correia (11, 32) | 1181 | R |
| 60. | Jose Contreras (11, 41) | 1174 | R |
| 61. | Jered Weaver (8, 30) | 1166 | R |
| 62. | Gavin Floyd (10, 30) | 1150 | R |
| 63. | R.A. Dickey (11, 38) | 1127 | R |
| 64. | Jon Lester (8, 29) | 1126 | L |
| 65. | Chad Billingsley (8, 28) | 1109 | R |
| 66. | Tim Lincecum (7, 29) | 1069 | R |
| 67. | Oliver Perez (11, 31) | 1054 | L |
| 68. | Adam Wainwright (8, 31) | 1052 | R |
| 69. | Erik Bedard (10, 34) | 1039 | L |
| 70. | Mike Pelfrey (8, 29) | 1038 | R |
| 71. | Roberto Hernandez (8, 32) | 1029 | R |
| 72. | Ubaldo Jimenez (8, 29) | 1006 | R |
| 73. | Scott Kazmir (9, 29) | 997 | L |
| 74. | Scott Baker (7, 31) | 987 | R |
| 75. | Jason Hammel (8, 30) | 976 | R |
| 76. | Matt Garza (7, 29) | 974 | R |
| 77. | John Danks (6, 28) | 954 | L |
| Mariano Rivera (19, 43) | 954 | R | |
| 79. | Hiroki Kuroda (6, 38) | 912 | R |
| 80. | Anibal Sanchez (8, 29) | 895 | R |
| 81. | Tim Redding (8, 35) | 889 | R |
| 82. | Chad Durbin (14, 35) | 887 | R |
| Jason Vargas (8, 30) | 887 | L | |
| 84. | Yovani Gallardo (7, 27) | 884 | R |
| 85. | Kyle Farnsworth (15, 37) | 883 | R |
| 86. | Johnny Cueto (6, 27) | 871 | R |
| 87. | Justin Masterson (6, 28) | 866 | R |
| 88. | Shaun Marcum (8, 31) | 864 | R |
| 89. | Kyle Kendrick (7, 28) | 861 | R |
| 90. | Josh Johnson (9, 29) | 850 | R |
| 91. | C.J. Wilson (9, 32) | 847 | L |
| 92. | Rick Porcello (5, 24) | 837 | R |
| 93. | John Lannan (7, 28) | 836 | L |
| 94. | Luke Hochevar (7, 29) | 835 | R |
| 95. | Jorge De La Rosa (10, 32) | 826 | L |
| 96. | Chien-Ming Wang (7, 33) | 818 | R |
| 97. | Scott Feldman (9, 30) | 811 | R |
| Max Scherzer (6, 28) | 811 | R | |
| 99. | Claudio Vargas (8, 35) | 801 | R |
| 100. | Jeremy Affeldt (12, 34) | 797 | L |
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