Mel Ott has collected the most career hits by a player younger than 27, with 1,440 hits.

Interpreted as:

most career hits by a player before age 27

	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	Mel Ott M. Ott	1,440	1,288	4,542	912	257	47	242	963	707	24	359	45		5,332	2,517	546	59				.317	.412	.554	.966
2	Al Kaline A. Kaline	1,390	1,204	4,505	714	226	45	159	694	474	23	378	84	39	5,070	2,183	430	28	40	46	123	.309	.374	.485	.859
3	Freddie Lindstrom F. Lindstrom	1,347	1,088	4,241	704	212	63	91	603	263	10	214	80		4,617	1,958	366	103				.318	.359	.462	.821
4	Robin Yount R. Yount	1,338	1,224	4,780	660	252	53	90	533	279	9	519	114	51	5,181	1,966	395	70	43	15	83	.280	.318	.411	.729
5	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	1,337	1,022	3,845	649	212	106	100		365	29	335	101		4,324	2,061	418	85				.348	.408	.536	.944
6	Vada Pinson V. Pinson	1,315	1,073	4,367	732	238	70	143	600	305	24	582	157	57	4,735	2,122	451	13	26	20	78	.301	.348	.486	.834
7	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	1,309	1,039	4,114	715	225	57	219	743	341	15	377	36	16	4,530	2,305	501	18	42	72	116	.318	.369	.560	.929
8	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1,307	1,109	3,862	857	224	72	266	961	668	7	545	42		4,592	2,473	562	55				.338	.437	.640	1.077
9	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	1,291	934	3,814	673	305	73	131	756	197	16	332	22		4,040	2,135	509	13				.338	.373	.560	.933
10	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	1,285	1,054	4,148	838	247	16	273	813	443	53	823	157	42	4,703	2,383	536	16	43	20	89	.310	.380	.574	.954
11	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	1,254	1,049	4,046	642	223	22	221	743	245	48	607	92	47	4,377	2,184	466	1	37	61	110	.310	.354	.540	.893
12	Cesar Cedeno C. Cedeno	1,245	1,111	4,265	689	257	41	135	594	365	40	556	374	112	4,724	1,989	433	14	40	50	94	.292	.350	.466	.817
13	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	1,239	854	3,238	646	199	106	40		300	33		376		3,656	1,770	345	85				.383	.440	.547	.987
14	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	1,238	1,102	3,937	889	185	50	249	766	797	7	778	76	24	4,768	2,270	484	11	16	48	37	.314	.429	.577	1.006
15	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	1,235	1,051	3,963	637	255	12	211	764	454	33	829	24	15	4,491	2,147	478	5	36	90	127	.312	.384	.542	.926
16	Arky Vaughan A. Vaughan	1,231	997	3,705	660	201	83	65	570	571	28	170	54		4,362	1,793	349	58				.332	.425	.484	.909
17	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	1,204	1,057	3,985	695	227	21	238	725	504	25	634	108	44	4,558	2,187	486	6	38	119	75	.302	.381	.549	.930
18	Roberto Alomar R. Alomar	1,174	1,021	3,943	626	206	41	64	433	423	22	477	266	73	4,487	1,654	311	71	28	25	80	.298	.367	.419	.786
19	Lloyd Waner L. Waner	1,174	809	3,456	600	127	67	19	291	188	21	88	44		3,727	1,492	213	62				.340	.377	.432	.809
20	Stuffy McInnis S. McInnis	1,173	1,028	3,751	455	148	49	13		210	24		125		4,152	1,458	210	167				.313	.353	.389	.742
21	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,166	1,023	3,794	733	221	35	235	692	450	75	540	96	29	4,370	2,162	491	13	38	67	102	.307	.388	.570	.958
22	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	1,163	825	3,368	735	214	69	198	815	337	22	160	21		3,738	2,109	481	11			33	.345	.408	.626	1.035
23	Ruben Sierra R. Sierra	1,160	1,060	4,144	588	230	44	156	673	298	7	597	88	33	4,512	1,946	430	1	62	51	91	.280	.325	.470	.794
24	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	1,159	933	3,489	748	260	12	250	758	493	48	394	36	17	4,062	2,193	522	1	31	98	114	.332	.419	.629	1.047
25	Mike Trout M. Trout	1,155	1,034	3,771	774	221	43	231	629	670	62	971	186	34	4,546	2,155	495	0	43	81	52	.306	.415	.571	.987