Having as of late joined the 3,000-hit and 500-grand slam club, Miguel Cabrera is certainly quite possibly of the best hitter in Major League Baseball history, however what's the situation? In deciding the best hitters ever, one can't simply go with batting normal or number of hits (Sorry, Pete Rose). You need to consider life span, the type of pitchers confronted, and the quantity of runs that this hitter brought back.
In light of those variables, here are my 25 best hitters ever. Each player on this rundown has either hit north of .330, has in excess of 3,000 hits, impacted in excess of 500 homers, gathered in excess of 1,000 RBIs, or achieved a mix of the four. Not every person might concur with these rankings so let the discussing start.
Note: Statistics for dynamic players are through May 8, 2022. This rundown does exclude players who have confessed to or confronted serious charges of utilizing execution upgrading drugs.
25. Bar Carew
Minnesota Twins (1967-78), California Angels (1979-85)
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Batting Average: .328
Hits: 3,053
Homers: 92
RBIs: 1,015
In 1972, Carew turned into the last player to come out on top for an association batting championship without hitting a solitary homer.
24. Paul Molitor
Milwaukee Brewers (1978-92), Toronto Blue Jays (1993-95), Minnesota Twins (1996-98)
Paul Molitor
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Batting Average: .306
Hits: 3,319
Grand slams: 234
RBIs: 1,307
Molitor was quite possibly the earliest player to be drafted into the Baseball Hall of Fame subsequent to playing a lot of his profession as an assigned hitter. His 39-game hitting streak in 1987 is the longest since Pete Rose hit in 44 straight games in '78.
23. Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates (1926-40), Brooklyn Dodgers (1941), Boston Braves (1941-42), Brooklyn Dodgers (1943-44), New York Yankees (1944-45)
Paul Waner's Hall of Fame plaque
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Batting Average: .333
Hits: 3,152
Homers: 113
RBIs: 1,309
Waner and his sibling Lloyd hold the significant association for the complete hits by any arrangement of siblings with 5,611. Both of them beat three Alou and DiMaggio siblings.
22. Swim Boggs
Boston Red Sox (1982-92), New York Yankees (1993-97), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-99)
Swim Boggs
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Batting Average: .328
Hits: 3,010
Grand slams: 118
RBIs: 1,014
Boggs brought home five American League batting championships during the 1980s. He likewise allegedly drank 107 brews in a single day on the off chance that you trust this story.
21. Eddie Collins
Philadelphia Athletics (1906-14), Chicago White Sox (1915-26), Philadelphia Athletics (1927-30)
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Batting Average: .333
Hits: 3,314
Homers: 47
RBIs: 1,300
The main player to play 12 seasons each with two distinct groups additionally holds the vocation record for penance hits with 512.
20. Tony Gwynn
San Diego Padres (1982-2001)
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Batting Average: .338
Hits: 3,141
Grand slams: 135
RBIs: 1,138
A great deal of things drove me miserable and mad when the strike finished the 1994 season. The way that Gwynn was batting .394 and had a genuine shot at .400 when it was dropped is high on that rundown of complaints.
19. Ed Delahanty
Philadelphia Quakers (1888-89), Cleveland Infants (1890), Philadelphia Phillies (1891-1901), Washington Senators (1902-03)
Ed Delahanty's Hall of Fame plaque
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Batting Average: .346
Hits: 2,596
Homers: 101
RBIs: 1,464
Delahanty has the fifth-most elevated batting normal in significant association history. In the event that he had not become inebriated and fallen into Niagara Falls (I'm completely serious), he would likely have arrived at 3,000 hits.
18. Roberto Clemente
Pittsburgh Pirates (1955-72)
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Batting Average: .317
Hits: 3,000
Homers: 240
RBIs: 1,305
Clemente got his 3,000th hit on the last standard season at-bat of his profession. Unfortunately, his life was stopped only three months some other time when his plane that was en route to convey help supplies to tremor casualties in Nicaragua crashed.
17. Rest Lajoie
Philadelphia Phillies (1896-1900), Philadelphia Athletics (1901-02), Cleveland Naps (1902-14), Philadelphia Athletics (1915-16)
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Batting Average: .339
Hits: 3,252
Homers: 82
RBIs: 1,599
Lajoie was great to the point that the Cleveland Indians called themselves the Cleveland Naps until he left the group after the 1914 season.
16. Derek Jeter
New York Yankees (1995-2014)
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Batting Average: .310
Hits: 3,465
Grand slams: 260
RBIs: 1,311
Jeter is the New York Yankees' untouched hits pioneer. Given the outcome of that establishment, that is saying a ton.
15. Ichiro Suzuki
Seattle Mariners (2001-12, '18-present), New York Yankees (2012-14), Miami Marlins (2015-17)
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Batting Average: .311
Hits: 3,089
Homers: 117
RBIs: 780
Ichiro's vocation is much more exceptional when you consider that he didn't join the majors until he was 27. Assuming you count his details with ORIX Buffaloes in Japan, he would be baseball's unsurpassed hits pioneer.
14. Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees (1923-39)
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Batting Average: .340
Hits: 2,721
Grand slams: 493
RBIs: 1,995
13. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson
Philadelphia Athletics (1908-09), Cleveland Naps/Indians (1910-15), Chicago White Sox (1915-22)
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Batting Average: .356
Hits: 1,772
Grand slams: 54
RBIs: 785
The most legendary figure on this rundown, Jackson batted .375 and had 12 fair hits in the 1919 World Series. But since — at any rate — he knew a portion of his kindred partners were accepting kickbacks to toss the Series, he was prohibited from the game for life in the prime of his profession, passing on every one of us to consider what could have been.
12. Honus Wagner
Louisville Colonels (1897-99), Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-17)
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Batting Average: .329
Hits: 3,430
Grand slams: 101
RBIs: 1,732
One of the most incredible hitters of baseball's deadball time, Wagner had a talent for getting on base. And afterward he had a talent for taking them.
11. Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds (1963-78, '84-86), Philadelphia Phillies (1979-83), Montreal Expos (1984)
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Batting Average: .303
Hits: 4,256
Homers: 160
RBIs: 1,314
Baseball's unsurpassed profession hits pioneer likewise holds the record for the most plate appearances in MLB history. His 1,972 profession wins as a player is likewise a record.
10. Miguel Cabrera
Florida Marlins (2003-07), Detroit Tigers (2008-present)
Batting Average: .310
Hits: 3,009
Grand slams: 503
RBIs: 1,813
Cabrera is the third player in MLB history to have a lifelong batting normal more than .300, 3,000 hits, and 500 grand slams, alongside Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
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