Before 1978, Ty Cobb collected the most hits, with 4,189 hits.

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most career hits by a player before 1978

	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	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	4,189	3,034	11,434	2,244	724	295	117	1,933	1,249	94	681	897		13,068	5,854	1,136	291				.366	.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
2	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	3,771	3,298	12,364	2,174	624	98	755	2,297	1,402	32	1,383	240	73	13,940	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	328	.305	.374	.555	.928	2453	936.4	.403	153	858.5
3	Stan Musial S. Musial	3,630	3,026	10,972	1,949	725	177	475	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
4	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	3,514	2,789	10,195	1,882	792	222	117	1,531	1,381	103	394	436		11,988	5,101	1,131	309				.345	.428	.500	.928	2264	921	.436	157	812.3
5	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	3,420	2,794	10,439	1,739	643	252	101	1,732	963	125	735	723		11,748	4,870	996	221				.328	.391	.467	.858	2044	725.8	.408	147	650
6	Eddie Collins E. Collins	3,315	2,826	9,949	1,821	438	187	47	1,300	1,499	77	468	741		12,037	4,268	672	512				.333	.424	.429	.853	2032	693.4	.409	144	619.7
7	Willie Mays W. Mays	3,283	2,992	10,881	2,062	523	140	660	1,903	1,464	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
8	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	3,243	2,480	9,589	1,504	657	163	82	1,599	516	134	347	380		10,460	4,472	902	221				.338	.380	.466	.847	1787	600.2	.401	144	547
9	Paul Waner P. Waner	3,152	2,549	9,459	1,627	605	191	113	1,309	1,091	38	376	104		10,762	4,478	909	174			45	.333	.404	.473	.878	1868	537	.403	135	487.9
10	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
11	Al Kaline A. Kaline	3,007	2,834	10,116	1,622	498	75	399	1,582	1,277	55	1,020	137	65	11,597	4,852	972	45	104	131	271	.297	.376	.480	.855	1825	555.2	.378	134	453.6
12	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	3,000	2,433	9,454	1,416	440	166	240	1,305	621	35	1,230	83	46	10,212	4,492	846	36	66	167	275	.317	.359	.475	.834	1513	405.9	.365	129	334.6
13	Sam Rice S. Rice	2,987	2,404	9,269	1,514	498	184	34	1,077	708	56	275	351		10,246	3,955	716	213				.322	.374	.427	.801	1487	243	.372	113	169.7
14	Pete Rose P. Rose	2,966	2,346	9,541	1,554	521	108	143	902	1,023	73	869	122	100	10,717	4,132	772	36	44	118	154	.311	.380	.433	.813	1570	437.1	.366	128	343.7
15	Sam Crawford S. Crawford	2,961	2,517	9,570	1,391	458	309	97	1,525	760	23	580	367		10,594	4,328	864	241				.309	.362	.452	.814	1661	510.8	.387	138	446.4
16	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	2,943	2,808	10,006	1,829	528	72	586	1,812	1,420	198	1,532	204	77	11,743	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	270	.294	.389	.537	.926	2083	807.2	.404	153	717.1
17	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
18	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	2,932	2,123	8,591	1,719	241	145	33	810	524	129	136	495		9,610	3,562	419	366				.341	.388	.415	.802	1640	406.6	.383	124	330.8
19	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	2,930	2,259	8,173	1,579	541	169	301	1,584	1,038	48	679	135		9,475	4,712	1,011	216				.358	.434	.577	1.010	2018	899	.459	173	863.2
20	Al Simmons A. Simmons	2,927	2,215	8,759	1,507	539	149	307	1,828	615	30	737	88		9,515	4,685	995	111			23	.334	.380	.535	.915	1714	519.5	.410	130	400.1
21	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	2,884	2,410	9,106	1,289	476	172	132	1,248	650	77	572	205		9,996	4,100	780	163				.317	.367	.450	.817	1510	381	.384	128	332.3
22	Frankie Frisch F. Frisch	2,880	2,311	9,112	1,532	466	138	105	1,244	728	31	272	419		10,100	3,937	709	229				.316	.369	.432	.801	1469	211	.370	112	164.5
23	Mel Ott M. Ott	2,876	2,730	9,456	1,859	488	72	511	1,860	1,708	64	896	89		11,337	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.414	.533	.947	2204	826.4	.430	156	794.2
24	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2,873	2,503	8,399	2,174	506	136	714	2,214	2,062	43	1,330	123		10,617	5,793	1,356	113				.342	.474	.690	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
25	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

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