List of Major League Baseball career singles leaders

Pete Rose, the all-time leader in singles

In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball (thus becoming a runner) and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out. As an exception, a batter-runner reaching first base safely is not credited with a single when an infielder attempts to put out another runner on the first play; this is one type of a fielder's choice. Also, a batter-runner reaching first base on a play due to a fielder's error trying to put him out at first base or another runner out (as a fielder's choice) is not credited with a single.

On a single hit to the outfield, any runners on second base or third base normally score, and sometimes the runner from first base is able to advance to third base. Depending on the location of the hit, a quick recovery by the outfielder can prevent such an advance or create a play on the advancing runner.

Pete Rose is the all-time leader in singles with 3,215 career. Ty Cobb (3,053) is the only other player in MLB history with over 3,000 career singles.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career singles. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2016 1Bs)	Number of singles hit during the 2016 Major League Baseball season.
1B	Total career singles hit.
*	denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Ichiro Suzuki, the active leader and 9th all time in singles.

• Stats updated as of May 4, 2016

Rank	Player (2016 1Bs)	1B
1	Pete Rose	3,215
2	Ty Cobb *	3,053
3	Eddie Collins *	2,643
4	Cap Anson *	2,614
5	Derek Jeter	2,595
6	Willie Keeler *	2,513
7	Honus Wagner *	2,424
8	Rod Carew *	2,404
9	Ichiro Suzuki (10)	2,400
10	Tris Speaker *	2,383
11	Tony Gwynn *	2,378
12	Paul Molitor *	2,366
13	Nap Lajoie *	2,341
14	Hank Aaron *	2,294
15	Jesse Burkett *	2,273
16	Sam Rice *	2,271
17	Omar Vizquel	2,264
18	Carl Yastrzemski *	2,262
19	Wade Boggs *	2,253
	Stan Musial *	2,253
21	Lou Brock *	2,247
22	Paul Waner *	2,243
23	Rickey Henderson *	2,182
	Robin Yount *	2,182
25	Frankie Frisch *	2,171
26	Doc Cramer	2,163
27	Luke Appling *	2,162
28	Nellie Fox *	2,161
29	Eddie Murray *	2,156
30	Roberto Clemente *	2,154
31	Jake Beckley *	2,130
32	George Sisler *	2,121
33	Richie Ashburn *	2,119
34	Luis Aparicio *	2,108
35	Cal Ripken Jr.	2,106
36	Zack Wheat *	2,104
37	Sam Crawford *	2,097
38	Lave Cross	2,056
39	Craig Biggio *	2,046
40	George Brett *	2,035
	Al Kaline *	2,035
42	Lloyd Waner *	2,033
43	Fred Clarke *	2,030
	Brooks Robinson *	2,030
45	George Van Haltren	2,028
46	Rabbit Maranville *	2,220
47	Max Carey *	2,017
	Dave Winfield *	2,017
49	Bill Buckner	1,994
50	George Davis *	1,976

Rank	Player (2016 1Bs)	1B
51	Stuffy McInnis	1,972
52	Ozzie Smith *	1,961
53	Willie Mays *	1,960
	Jim O'Rourke *	1,960
55	Patsy Donovan	1,957
56	Julio Franco	1,952
57	Harold Baines	1,945
58	Charlie Gehringer *	1,935
59	Al Simmons *	1,932
60	Roberto Alomar *	1,930
61	Rogers Hornsby *	1,919
62	Al Oliver	1,918
63	Brett Butler	1,913
64	Iván Rodríguez	1,910
65	Johnny Damon	1,903
66	Tim Raines	1,892
67	Vada Pinson	1,889
68	Rusty Staub	1,878
69	Maury Wills	1,866
70	Fred Tenney	1,862
71	Red Schoendienst *	1,860
72	Jake Daubert	1,855
73	Juan Pierre	1,850
74	Willie Davis	1,846
75	Steve Garvey	1,844
76	Harry Hooper *	1,842
77	Buddy Bell	1,832
78	Rafael Palmeiro	1,828
79	Pie Traynor *	1,823
80	Alex Rodriguez (6)	1,817
81	Larry Bowa	1,815
82	Goose Goslin *	1,814
83	Mel Ott *	1,805
84	Bill Dahlen	1,801
85	Kenny Lofton	1,799
86	Dave Concepción	1,788
	Ed Delahanty *	1,788
88	Billy Hamilton *	1,787
	Edd Roush *	1,787
	Jimmy Ryan	1,787
91	Harry Heilmann *	1,784
92	Adrián Beltré (19)	1,778
	Tommy Corcoran	1,778
94	Willie Randolph	1,775
95	Dave Parker	1,772
96	Bert Campaneris	1,771
97	Tony Pérez *	1,769
98	Heinie Manush *	1,763
	Billy Williams *	1,763
100	Frank Robinson *	1,757

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References

• Baseball-Reference.com