3,000-hit club

The 3,000-hit club is the group of 33 batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season hits in their careers in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Reaching 3,000 hits has been "long considered the greatest measure of superior bat handling" and is often described as a guarantee of eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers are the only franchises to have three players reach 3,000 hits while on their roster: for Cleveland, Lajoie, while the team was the Naps, Tris Speaker, and most recently Eddie Murray, both when the franchise was known as the Indians, and, for the Tigers, Cobb, Al Kaline, and most recently Miguel Cabrera.

Seven players—Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, and Miguel Cabrera—are also members of the 500 home run club.

[18] Pujols and Cabrera are not yet eligible, as a player must be retired for 5 years or have been dead for 6 months to be considered for the Hall of Fame.

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Pete Rose is the all-time MLB hits leader with 4,256 hits.
Cap Anson reached 3,000 hits on July 18, 1897. He was the first, and, as of 2022 , the oldest player to reach the mark.
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In 1927, Ty Cobb became the first player to collect 4,000 hits. He remains the youngest player to reach 3,000 hits, doing so at the age of 34. He also achieved 3,000 hits in the fewest games played (2,135).
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Paul Molitor was the first to triple for his 3,000th hit.
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Derek Jeter (left) and Dave Winfield (right) are both members.
Miguel Cabrera, joining on April 23, 2022, is the most recent addition to the club.