mlb batter with most hits in first 8 career games

Nap Lajoie got the most hits in his first 8 games, with 21 hits.

	NAME	H	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	21	8	32	14	7	2	1	8	2	1	0	3		35	35	10	0				.656	.686	1.094	1.779
2	Bo Hart B. Hart	18	8	39	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	4	0	0	40	27	5	0	0	0	0	.462	.475	.692	1.167
3	Emmet Heidrick E. Heidrick	18	8	38	11	2	6	2	12	0	0		2		39	38	10	1				.474	.474	1.000	1.474
4	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	17	8	33	10	5	0	1	2	5	0	3	1		39	25	6	1			0	.515	.579	.758	1.337
5	Yasiel Puig Y. Puig	16	8	32	4	2	0	4	10	1	0	5	0	0	33	30	6	0	0	1	0	.500	.515	.938	1.453
6	Jay Bruce J. Bruce	16	8	29	12	3	0	3	7	7	1	2	2	1	37	28	6	0	0	0	1	.552	.649	.966	1.614
7	Craig Wilson C. Wilson	16	8	31	12	3	0	3	8	3	0	2	1	0	36	28	6	2	0	0	0	.516	.559	.903	1.462
8	Mike Lansing M. Lansing	16	8	39	9	3	0	3	10	1	0	4	0	0	41	28	6	1	0	0	0	.410	.425	.718	1.143
9	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	16	8	37	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	38	17	1	0	0	0	0	.432	.447	.459	.907
10	Mitchell Page M. Page	16	8	32	9	4	1	3	15	4	0	2	2	0	36	31	8	0	0	1	0	.500	.556	.969	1.524
11	Ken Griffey K. Griffey	16	8	30	8	2	1	0	2	3	0	2	2	0	33	20	3	0	0	0	0	.533	.576	.667	1.242
12	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	16	8	29	9	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	1		35	19	3	5				.552	.567	.655	1.222
13	Joe Ward J. Ward	16	8	36	6	4	2	0	5	0	0		0		36	24	6	0				.444	.444	.667	1.111
14	Jimmy Collins J. Collins	16	8	39	7	5	0	0	10	1	0	0	0		40	21	5	0				.410	.425	.538	.963
15	Sam Crawford S. Crawford	16	8	38	12	3	3	1	9	2	0		2		40	28	7	0				.421	.450	.737	1.187
16	Yermin Mercedes Y. Mercedes	15	8	29	5	3	0	2	7	4	0	3	0	0	33	24	5	0	0	0	0	.517	.576	.828	1.403
17	Bo Bichette B. Bichette	15	8	36	6	6	0	3	4	3	0	6	0	0	39	30	9	0	0	0	1	.417	.462	.833	1.295
18	Gregory Polanco G. Polanco	15	8	39	8	1	0	1	6	3	0	5	0	0	42	19	2	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.487	.916
19	Junior Lake J. Lake	15	8	36	4	3	0	2	5	1	0	6	1	2	38	24	5	1	0	0	0	.417	.432	.667	1.099
20	Al Gallagher A. Gallagher	15	8	33	6	3	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	36	20	4	1	1	0	2	.455	.457	.606	1.063
21	Jim Davenport J. Davenport	15	8	35	8	3	0	0	5	3	0	8	0	0	39	18	3	0	1	0	1	.429	.462	.514	.976
22	Jack Merson J. Merson	15	8	30	4	2	2	0	10	1	0	3	0	0	31	21	4	0			0	.500	.516	.700	1.216
23	Andy Pafko A. Pafko	15	8	35	4	3	0	0	8	3	0	3	1		38	18	3	0			1	.429	.474	.514	.988
24	Stan Musial S. Musial	15	8	30	4	4	0	1	5	2	0	1	1		32	22	5	0			0	.500	.531	.733	1.265
25	Fred Kommers F. Kommers	15	8	33	1	1	2	0	7	1	0	2	1		35	20	3	1				.455	.471	.606	1.077

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