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In the sport of baseball, there is one common theme, statistics rule. Absolutely everything you can measure about a player, baseball has a stat category. The term sabermetrics was coined by baseball author and researcher Bill James. Sabermetrics gained popularity in the 80’s and 90’s, and ever since the turn of the 21st century, it is used by nearly all-league front offices. Major League Baseball is by far the most analytics-driven league of all the major sports.
Since stats are used as a measuring stick for everything in baseball, from scouting to player development to a players place in history, certain individual milestones need to be reached to be considered one of the all-time greats.
One of these such milestones that are held in high regard is the 3,000 hits mark in a players career. The list of players to have accomplished such a feat is one of the most exclusive and famous of all the stat categories. Nearly every player on the list is either in the Hall of Fame or will be enshrined in the very near future.
The exclusive list consists of only 31 members and will soon be adding its 32nd as Albert Pujols is one hit shy of joining such distinguished company. In honor of Pujols being on the cusp of the milestone we have compiled the complete list of all the members of the 3,000 hits club, check it out below.
3,000 Hits Club
(Bold – active player, Italizice – Hall of Fame)
Pete Rose – 4,256 hits
Ty Cobb – 4,191 hits
Hank Aaron – 3,771 hits
Stan Musial – 3,630 hits
Tris Speaker – 3,514 hits
Derek Jeter – 3,465 hits
Honus Wagner – 3,430 hits
Carl Yastrzemski – 3,419 hits
Paul Molitor – 3,319 hits
Eddie Collins – 3,319 hits
Willie Mays – 3,283 hits
Eddie Murray – 3,255 hits
Nap Lajoie – 3,252 hits
Cal Ripken Jr. – 3,184 hits
George Brett – 3,154 hits
Paul Waner – 3,152 hits
Robin Yount – 3,142 hits
Tony Gwynn – 3,141 hits
Alex Rodriguez – 3,115 hits
Dave Winfield – 3,110 hits
Ichiro Suzuki – 3,089 hits
Adrien Beltre – 3,075 hits
Craig Biggio – 3,060 hits
Rickey Henderson – 3,055 hits
Rod Carew – 3,053 hits
Lou Brock – 3,023 hits
Rafael Palmeiro – 3,020 hits
Cap Anson – 3,011 hits
Wade Boggs – 3,010 hits
Al Kaline – 3,007 hits
Roberto Clemente – 3,000 hits
