List Of Major League Baseball Players With 2,000 Hits
Below is the list of the 271 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB.
Pete Rose holds the Major League record with the most career hits, 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb are the only players with 4,000 career hits. George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, doing so during the 1902 season. Derek Jeter is the current active leader with 3,304.
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