most hits as a center fielder between 1951 to 1975

Between the 1951 and 1975 seasons, Willie Mays collected the most hits by a center fielder, with 3,283 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	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	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
2	Willie Davis W. Davis	2,271	2,105	8,106	1,090	348	119	166	938	377	44	884	360	123	8,689	3,355	633	79	83	72	113	.280	.313	.414	.727	1000	79.1	.322	106	61.2
3	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	2,052	1,767	6,646	1,076	257	80	24	468	1,017	39	479	179	92	7,808	2,541	361	88	18	25	64	.309	.403	.382	.785	1125	230.3	.363	117	165
4	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	2,021	1,895	6,525	1,451	290	65	464	1,289	1,404	11	1,350	134	27	7,988	3,833	819	11	37	105	81	.310	.431	.587	1.018	1660	755.6	.443	177	742.4
5	Vada Pinson V. Pinson	2,004	1,684	6,805	1,018	358	100	196	841	419	38	871	244	89	7,339	3,150	654	33	44	37	110	.294	.337	.463	.800	1030	241.4	.353	117	150.9
6	Curt Flood C. Flood	1,860	1,751	6,353	849	271	44	84	635	444	52	608	88	73	6,954	2,471	399	72	33	22	117	.293	.342	.389	.731	846	101.9	.329	102	13.9
7	Bill Bruton B. Bruton	1,651	1,610	6,056	937	241	102	94	545	482	29	793	207	89	6,668	2,378	437	72	29	32	73	.273	.328	.393	.720	762	1.8	.323	97	-26.1
8	Bill Virdon B. Virdon	1,595	1,577	5,977	734	237	81	90	500	442	8	645	47	54	6,519	2,264	408	53	39	41	84	.267	.316	.379	.695	691	-41.9	.309	89	-87.4
9	Paul Blair P. Blair	1,352	1,555	5,231	708	253	51	123	551	398	19	767	152	84	5,779	2,076	427	86	45	17	97	.258	.311	.397	.708	647	40.6	.319	104	26.1
10	Duke Snider D. Snider	1,349	1,241	4,464	840	245	50	286	872	641	12	755	61	43	5,176	2,552	581	34	25	69	122	.302	.389	.572	.961	965	372.2	.420	148	308.4
11	Matty Alou M. Alou	1,178	892	3,627	519	157	40	13	276	181	22	192	117	64	3,884	1,454	210	33	21	26	39	.325	.359	.401	.759	499	95.4	.341	116	65.4
12	Jimmy Wynn J. Wynn	1,141	1,229	4,333	737	192	23	218	668	785	19	952	160	70	5,213	2,033	433	26	50	57	73	.263	.375	.469	.844	814	266	.378	141	240.4
13	Jim Piersall J. Piersall	1,129	1,168	4,170	574	182	39	88	446	381	11	395	88	36	4,667	1,653	309	62	43	21	118	.271	.330	.396	.727	547	14.6	.325	93	-38
14	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,126	1,167	3,989	531	186	42	85	478	366	60	560	67	45	4,459	1,651	313	14	30	43	100	.282	.349	.414	.763	580	97.2	.340	113	65.9
15	Jim Busby J. Busby	1,103	1,334	4,202	536	162	35	48	434	309	23	434	97	46	4,605	1,479	245	56	15	4	82	.262	.315	.352	.667	450	-77.9	.307	83	-96.7
16	Mickey Stanley M. Stanley	1,094	1,300	4,424	559	166	46	102	439	330	8	495	42	22	4,833	1,658	314	41	30	29	116	.247	.299	.375	.674	485	-20.3	.304	89	-56.6
17	Rick Monday R. Monday	1,087	1,204	4,076	619	178	49	136	472	622	18	973	85	69	4,772	1,771	363	36	20	58	48	.267	.365	.434	.799	676	176.6	.361	125	134
18	Larry Doby L. Doby	1,035	1,055	3,714	652	165	33	190	702	617	20	740	19	12	4,386	1,836	388	11	24	19	63	.279	.382	.494	.877	722	219.1	.393	139	205.9
19	Bill Tuttle B. Tuttle	992	1,132	3,814	525	135	42	62	397	428	13	366	37	41	4,322	1,397	239	43	24	14	128	.260	.335	.366	.701	479	-13.7	.319	90	-50.3
20	Gus Bell G. Bell	978	841	3,337	483	172	27	126	501	266	14	347	17	15	3,675	1,582	325	30	28	18	60	.293	.345	.474	.819	525	101.8	.363	111	49.2
21	Amos Otis A. Otis	976	942	3,472	521	173	35	84	408	356	14	402	184	51	3,911	1,471	292	31	38	19	66	.281	.347	.424	.771	515	97	.348	118	76.9
22	Jim Landis J. Landis	956	1,170	3,816	563	147	46	87	432	515	55	656	123	44	4,470	1,456	280	59	25	20	62	.251	.346	.382	.728	548	48.3	.329	104	24.5
23	Del Unser D. Unser	954	1,019	3,605	428	119	32	50	311	325	7	427	50	46	4,003	1,287	201	40	26	40	36	.265	.325	.357	.682	416	1.1	.310	94	-20.2
24	Reggie Smith R. Smith	938	883	3,313	517	179	29	128	462	357	16	435	69	49	3,721	1,559	336	6	29	43	70	.283	.353	.471	.823	547	160	.367	127	111.1
25	Tommie Agee T. Agee	928	979	3,574	515	160	24	118	403	317	33	828	164	75	3,960	1,490	302	21	15	24	85	.260	.324	.417	.741	491	79.6	.333	113	60.1