Pete Rose has collected the most career hits by a player older than 40, with 555 hits.

Interpreted as:

most base hits by a player after the age of 40

	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	Pete Rose P. Rose	555	620	2,123	249	74	13	5	204	274	20	151	27	17	2,446	670	92	13	16	23	45	.261	.349	.316	.665
2	Julio Franco J. Franco	409	637	1,434	181	72	7	32	213	164	5	336	21	6	1,619	591	111	4	12	17	57	.285	.358	.412	.770
3	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	403	461	1,528	168	75	3	53	232	154	19	268	12	5	1,713	643	131	1	11	25	48	.264	.336	.421	.757
4	Sam Rice S. Rice	344	396	1,122	205	60	19	3	121	95	5	33	18		1,238	451	82	16				.307	.363	.402	.765
5	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	340	354	1,229	128	54	27	7	139	97	13	115	38		1,373	469	88	34				.277	.336	.382	.718
6	Luke Appling L. Appling	334	331	1,117	156	40	11	5	118	227	0	68	19		1,357	411	56	13			47	.299	.417	.368	.785
7	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	318	351	1,208	133	60	2	36	187	166	4	110	0	3	1,385	490	98	0	7	16	35	.263	.352	.406	.758
8	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	279	380	1,107	108	40	6	3	82	87	2	136	24	15	1,231	340	49	24	11	9	19	.252	.305	.307	.612
9	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	245	449	970	117	26	11	5	63	82	4	136	22	8	1,071	308	42	9	6	3	14	.253	.312	.318	.629
10	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	244	267	959	118	47	5	33	124	91	1	184	5	4	1,056	400	85	1	4	10	27	.254	.318	.417	.736
11	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	239	348	1,050	192	38	6	19	95	218	12	222	72	20	1,290	346	63	3	7	1	22	.228	.364	.330	.694
12	Stan Musial S. Musial	229	259	770	91	28	3	31	140	99	5	91	5	0	884	356	62	0	10	13	16	.297	.377	.462	.839
13	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	205	270	749	157	38	0	59	153	256	13	111	8	0	1,022	420	97	0	4	84	22	.274	.464	.561	1.025
14	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	202	244	863	101	31	1	29	129	80	9	238	7	0	961	322	61	0	9	9	23	.234	.303	.373	.676
15	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	180	157	622	94	35	7	7	88	55	1	55	12	2	691	250	49	1	12	8	19	.289	.342	.402	.744
16	Tony Perez T. Perez	174	284	675	61	32	3	14	97	79	1	112	0	2	762	254	49	0	7	6	21	.258	.333	.376	.710
17	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	171	222	736	67	24	2	22	95	105	1	89	0	2	851	265	48	1	8	4	23	.232	.326	.360	.686
18	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	162	355	743	68	30	1	24	121	84	2	120	1	1	837	266	55	0	8	14	19	.218	.296	.358	.654
19	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	148	218	582	71	17	0	41	118	42	15	100	3	2	647	288	58	0	8	4	27	.254	.317	.495	.812
20	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	147	191	523	61	24	0	21	76	42	8	132	2	5	575	234	45	0	2	6	17	.281	.343	.447	.790
21	Bob Boone B. Boone	139	171	522	44	16	2	1	52	66	2	49	4	3	605	162	19	10	5	4	18	.266	.348	.310	.658
22	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	130	141	517	68	31	3	10	50	23	3	112	4	3	555	197	44	7	5	0	5	.251	.285	.381	.666
23	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	129	140	524	41	20	6	2		16	2	28	16		558	167	28	16				.246	.271	.319	.590
24	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	128	141	486	45	23	0	12	63	58	2	107	1	0	549	187	35	0	3	10	15	.263	.342	.385	.727
25	Darrell Evans D. Evans	125	213	596	71	13	1	31	90	110	1	116	0	3	713	233	45	0	6	10	10	.210	.331	.391	.722