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Statistic Description: Hits/Hits Allowed
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andy Pettitte (18, 41) | 3299 | L |
| 2. | Mark Buehrle (14, 34) | 2875 | L |
| 3. | Derek Lowe (17, 40) | 2759 | R |
| 4. | Roy Halladay (16, 36) | 2624 | R |
| 5. | Tim Hudson (15, 37) | 2561 | R |
| 6. | Bartolo Colon (16, 40) | 2457 | R |
| 7. | CC Sabathia (13, 32) | 2433 | L |
| 8. | Esteban Loaiza (14, 41) | 2352 | R |
| 9. | Barry Zito (14, 35) | 2258 | L |
| 10. | Jon Garland (13, 33) | 2241 | R |
| 11. | Ryan Dempster (16, 36) | 2226 | R |
| 12. | Chris Carpenter (15, 38) | 2205 | R |
| 13. | Kyle Lohse (13, 34) | 2197 | R |
| 14. | Bronson Arroyo (14, 36) | 2185 | R |
| 15. | Freddy Garcia (15, 36) | 2178 | R |
| 16. | Roy Oswalt (12, 35) | 2150 | R |
| 17. | Jamey Wright (18, 38) | 2051 | R |
| 18. | A.J. Burnett (15, 36) | 2024 | R |
| 19. | Miguel Batista (18, 42) | 2021 | R |
| 20. | Darren Oliver (20, 42) | 2009 | L |
| 21. | John Lackey (11, 34) | 1989 | R |
| 22. | Jason Marquis (14, 34) | 1949 | R |
| 23. | Aaron Harang (12, 35) | 1927 | R |
| 24. | Dan Haren (11, 32) | 1885 | R |
| 25. | Cliff Lee (12, 34) | 1884 | L |
| 26. | Ismael Valdez (12, 39) | 1872 | R |
| 27. | Ted Lilly (15, 37) | 1814 | L |
| 28. | Josh Beckett (13, 33) | 1801 | R |
| 29. | Jake Westbrook (13, 35) | 1792 | R |
| 30. | Johan Santana (12, 34) | 1726 | L |
| 31. | Brett Myers (12, 32) | 1725 | R |
| 32. | Aaron Cook (11, 34) | 1636 | R |
| 33. | Joe Blanton (10, 32) | 1632 | R |
| 34. | Jake Peavy (12, 32) | 1617 | R |
| 35. | Ramon Ortiz (12, 40) | 1556 | R |
| 36. | Felix Hernandez (9, 27) | 1542 | R |
| 37. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 37) | 1506 | R |
| 38. | Zack Greinke (10, 29) | 1503 | R |
| Ervin Santana (9, 30) | 1503 | R | |
| 40. | James Shields (8, 31) | 1494 | R |
| 41. | Paul Maholm (9, 31) | 1480 | L |
| 42. | LaTroy Hawkins (19, 40) | 1466 | R |
| 43. | Kelvim Escobar (12, 37) | 1461 | R |
| 44. | Justin Verlander (9, 30) | 1413 | R |
| 45. | Wandy Rodriguez (9, 34) | 1410 | L |
| 46. | Bruce Chen (15, 36) | 1399 | L |
| 47. | Kip Wells (12, 36) | 1390 | R |
| 48. | Edwin Jackson (11, 29) | 1388 | R |
| 49. | Jeff Francis (9, 32) | 1386 | L |
| 50. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 39) | 1361 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
| 51. | Matt Cain (9, 28) | 1334 | R |
| 52. | Zach Duke (9, 30) | 1309 | L |
| Joe Saunders (9, 32) | 1309 | L | |
| 54. | Jeremy Guthrie (10, 34) | 1280 | R |
| 55. | Cole Hamels (8, 29) | 1279 | L |
| Nate Robertson (9, 35) | 1279 | L | |
| 57. | Ricky Nolasco (8, 30) | 1247 | R |
| 58. | Jeremy Bonderman (8, 30) | 1245 | R |
| 59. | Chris Capuano (9, 34) | 1211 | L |
| 60. | Dave Bush (9, 33) | 1199 | R |
| 61. | Kevin Correia (11, 32) | 1189 | R |
| 62. | Jose Contreras (11, 41) | 1175 | R |
| 63. | Jered Weaver (8, 30) | 1166 | R |
| 64. | Gavin Floyd (10, 30) | 1150 | R |
| 65. | Jon Lester (8, 29) | 1141 | L |
| 66. | R.A. Dickey (11, 38) | 1131 | R |
| 67. | Chad Billingsley (8, 28) | 1109 | R |
| 68. | Tim Lincecum (7, 29) | 1083 | R |
| 69. | Adam Wainwright (8, 31) | 1062 | R |
| 70. | Oliver Perez (11, 31) | 1057 | L |
| 71. | Erik Bedard (10, 34) | 1050 | L |
| Mike Pelfrey (8, 29) | 1050 | R | |
| 73. | Roberto Hernandez (8, 32) | 1043 | R |
| 74. | Ubaldo Jimenez (8, 29) | 1020 | R |
| 75. | Scott Kazmir (9, 29) | 1004 | L |
| 76. | Jason Hammel (8, 30) | 992 | R |
| 77. | Scott Baker (7, 31) | 987 | R |
| 78. | Matt Garza (8, 29) | 975 | R |
| 79. | John Danks (7, 28) | 958 | L |
| 80. | Mariano Rivera (19, 43) | 954 | R |
| 81. | Hiroki Kuroda (6, 38) | 922 | R |
| 82. | Anibal Sanchez (8, 29) | 905 | R |
| 83. | Jason Vargas (8, 30) | 896 | L |
| 84. | Yovani Gallardo (7, 27) | 895 | R |
| 85. | Chad Durbin (14, 35) | 890 | R |
| Kyle Farnsworth (15, 37) | 890 | R | |
| 87. | Tim Redding (8, 35) | 889 | R |
| 88. | Kyle Kendrick (7, 28) | 877 | R |
| 89. | Kyle Davies (7, 29) | 876 | R |
| 90. | Shaun Marcum (8, 31) | 875 | R |
| Justin Masterson (6, 28) | 875 | R | |
| 92. | Johnny Cueto (6, 27) | 874 | R |
| 93. | C.J. Wilson (9, 32) | 859 | L |
| 94. | Rick Porcello (5, 24) | 852 | R |
| 95. | Josh Johnson (9, 29) | 850 | R |
| 96. | Jorge De La Rosa (10, 32) | 841 | L |
| 97. | Luke Hochevar (7, 29) | 837 | R |
| 98. | John Lannan (7, 28) | 836 | L |
| 99. | Scott Feldman (9, 30) | 825 | R |
| 100. | Max Scherzer (6, 28) | 818 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
| Chien-Ming Wang (7, 33) | 818 | R |
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