Before 1909, Cap Anson collected the most hits, with 3,012 hits.

Interpreted as:

most career hits by a player before 1909

	NAME	H	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Cap Anson C. Anson	3,012	2,277	9,104	1,722	529	124	97	1,306	953	32	146	247	10,123	4,080	750	34	.331	.396	.448	.844	2154	654.1	.397	134	525.3
2	Jake Beckley J. Beckley	2,934	2,389	9,538	1,602	473	244	87	1,578	616	183	442	315	10,504	4,156	804	167	.308	.361	.436	.797	1803	356.2	.376	119	288.8
3	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	2,850	2,067	8,426	1,720	320	182	75	952	1,029	75	561	389	9,620	3,759	577	90	.338	.415	.446	.861	1921	592.9	.411	137	526.7
4	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	2,834	2,005	8,221	1,670	234	140	32	778	497	119	129	484	9,169	3,444	406	332	.345	.390	.419	.809	1593	401.8	.386	125	330.6
5	George Davis G. Davis	2,656	2,344	8,977	1,540	452	163	73	1,438	864	74	569	615	10,094	3,653	688	179	.296	.362	.407	.769	1639	297.9	.367	118	271.6
6	Lave Cross L. Cross	2,651	2,277	9,084	1,338	412	136	47	1,378	466	31	178	303	9,741	3,476	595	160	.292	.329	.383	.711	1357	41	.338	98	-34.6
7	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	2,597	1,837	7,511	1,600	522	186	101	1,466	741	94	366	455	8,400	3,794	809	54	.346	.411	.505	.916	1836	616.8	.428	144	559.3
8	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	2,544	1,990	8,043	1,642	286	161	69	1,015	871	38	385	583	9,017	3,359	516	65	.316	.386	.418	.803	1647	328.4	.384	119	259.3
9	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	2,513	2,014	8,172	1,643	451	157	118	1,093	804	83	295	419	9,124	3,632	726	65	.308	.375	.444	.820	1709	379	.387	119	266.7
10	Roger Connor R. Connor	2,467	1,998	7,797	1,620	441	233	138	1,071	1,002	39	151	244	8,847	3,788	812	9	.316	.397	.486	.883	1952	630.3	.409	142	569.9
11	Bill Dahlen B. Dahlen	2,415	2,371	8,834	1,568	407	162	82	1,218	1,035	140	735	544	10,168	3,392	651	159	.273	.359	.384	.743	1565	235.7	.358	109	142.2
12	Jim O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	2,304	1,774	7,435	1,446	414	132	50	656	481	36	85	191	7,952	3,132	596	0	.310	.355	.421	.776	1511	355.9	.362	125	301.9
13	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	2,296	1,673	6,711	1,523	460	205	106	994	840	105	83	256	7,676	3,484	771	20	.342	.423	.519	.942	1874	728.6	.436	155	655.7
14	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	2,293	1,737	7,044	1,554	325	119	106	1,302	664	29	186	574	7,841	3,174	550	104	.326	.386	.451	.837	1526	360.4	.395	118	242.5
15	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	2,278	1,849	7,196	1,395	296	187	57	835	689	142	425	456	8,185	3,119	540	158	.317	.387	.433	.821	1420	376.4	.392	131	331.1
16	Bid McPhee B. McPhee	2,258	2,138	8,304	1,684	303	189	53	935	982	69	260	568	9,429	3,098	545	56	.272	.355	.373	.728	1594	183	.350	108	117.7
17	Tommy Corcoran T. Corcoran	2,256	2,202	8,812	1,188	289	155	34	1,135	383	35	402	387	9,387	2,957	478	157	.256	.290	.336	.625	1007	-267.7	.298	73	-349.3
18	Patsy Donovan P. Donovan	2,256	1,824	7,505	1,321	208	75	16	738	457	83	312	518	8,172	2,662	299	127	.301	.348	.355	.702	1157	-0.8	.340	98	-26.4
19	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	2,220	1,853	7,006	1,421	358	194	65	1,194	911	82	430	443	8,139	3,161	617	140	.317	.402	.451	.853	1573	465	.405	130	377.1
20	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	2,164	1,594	6,283	1,697	242	95	40	742	1,189	89	271	914	7,608	2,716	377	47	.344	.455	.432	.888	1716	578.6	.433	142	505.5
21	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	2,132	1,615	6,164	1,140	425	158	65	1,114	538	85	384	536	6,882	3,068	648	95	.346	.406	.498	.904	1328	524.6	.428	158	477.6
22	Herman Long H. Long	2,129	1,875	7,678	1,456	342	97	91	1,055	612	57	365	537	8,505	2,938	530	158	.277	.335	.383	.718	1254	19.3	.342	92	-80.3
23	John Ward J. Ward	2,107	1,827	7,656	1,410	231	96	26	589	421	17	40	540	8,114	2,608	353	20	.275	.314	.341	.655	1182	-17.8	.311	96	-54.9
24	Ed McKean E. McKean	2,084	1,655	6,894	1,227	272	158	67	1,124	636	39	145	324	7,626	2,873	497	57	.302	.365	.417	.781	1350	194.6	.370	110	128
25	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	2,078	1,486	5,966	1,076	442	130	71	1,112	277	90	210	254	6,441	2,993	643	108	.348	.386	.502	.888	1209	446.8	.417	152	415.6

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