Hit

A Hit or Base Hit, abbreviated H, is when a batter reaches base safely on a ball hit to fair territory not due to error or fielder's choice. The four possible hits are single, double, triple and home run.

All Time Leaders
Span	Player	Total	Notes
Career	Pete Rose	4,256
Season	Ichiro Suzuki	262
Game	Johnny Burnett	9	18 inning game
Game	Wilbert Robinson	7	9 inning game
Game	Rennie Stennett	7	9 inning game
Minor League Career	Spencer Harris	3,617
Minor League Season	Paul Strand	325
NPB Career	Isao Harimoto	3,085
NPB Season	Matt Murton	213
Cuban Career	Enrique Esteban Díaz	2,357+
KBO Career	Jun-hyuk Yang	2,000+
Italian Career	Roberto De Franceschi	1,536	Through 2009
AAGPBL Career	Dorothy Kamenshek	1,090
AAGPBL Season	Betty Foss	144
AAGPBL Game	Dorothy Wind	6

Further Reading

• Marc Newman: Diamonds from the Dugout: 115 Baseball Legends Remember Their Greatest Hits, Blue River Press, Indianapolis, IN, 2017. ISBN 978-1681570679
• Bill Nowlin, ed.: One-Hit Wonders, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2021. ISBN 978-1-970159-57-8

See Also

• Career Leaders for Hits
• 3,000 hit club
• 4000 hits in professional baseball