All-Time Hit Leaders for Each MLB Team

One of the fundamental aspects of the game of baseball is to hit the ball. Without a hit, it is often difficult to win the game. Of course there are other ways to get on base such as a base on balls or a hit by pitch, but those are just meager technicalities.

In this day and age, players tend to move on from team to team every few years either to chase an elusive World Series Championship or for that high-dollar contract. No other player than Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers has stuck around with the same team to collect 3,902 hits.

Enjoy the list below for the all-time hit leaders for your favorite team.

AL East

Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripken, 3,184

Boston Red Sox: Carl Yastrzemski, 3,419

New York Yankees: Derek Jeter, 3,088 (Active with Yankees)

Tampa Bay Rays: Carl Crawford, 1,480

Toronto Blue Jays: Tony Fernandez, 1,583

AL Central

Chicago White Sox: Luke Appling, 2,749

Cleveland Indians: Nap Lajoie, 2,046

Detroit Tigers: Ty Cobb, 3,902

Kansas City Royals: George Brett, 3,154

Minnesota Twins: Sam Rice, 2,889

AL West

Los Angeles Angels: Garret Anderson, 2,368

Oakland Athletics: Bert Campaneris, 1,882

Seattle Mariners: Ichiro Suzuki, 2,428 (Active with Mariners)

Texas Rangers: Michael Young, 2,061 (Active with Rangers)

NL East

Atlanta Braves: Hank Aaron, 3,600

Miami Marlins: Luis Castillo, 1,273

New York Mets: Ed Kranepool, 1,418

Philadelphia Phillies: Mike Schmidt, 2,234

Washington Nationals: Tim Wallach, 1,694

NL Central

Chicago Cubs: Cap Anson, 3,011

Cincinnati Reds: Pete Rose, 3,358

Houston Astros: Craig Biggio, 3,060

Milwaukee Brewers: Robin Yount, 3,142

Pittsburgh Pirates: Roberto Clemente, 3,000

St. Louis Cardinals: Stan Musial, 3,630

NL West

Arizona Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez, 1,337

Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton, 2,363 (Active with the Rockies)

Los Angeles Dodgers: Zack Wheat, 2,804

San Diego Padres: Tony Gwynn, 3,141

San Francisco Giants: Willie Mays, 3,187

Sources:

All data provided by MLB.com

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