Between the 1887 and 1903 seasons, Ed Delahanty collected the most hits, with 2,597 hits.

Interpreted as:

most hits by a player in from 1887 to 1903

	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	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
2	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	2,547	1,772	7,278	1,570	293	159	69	878	884	66	434	364	8,305	3,365	521	77	.350	.425	.462	.887	1754	562	.423	140	496.6
3	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
4	Jake Beckley J. Beckley	2,505	1,994	8,038	1,447	412	219	85	1,403	537	164	346	283	8,865	3,610	716	126	.312	.367	.449	.816	1602	323	.383	120	269.5
5	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	2,407	1,927	7,832	1,583	433	151	114	1,038	791	83	295	409	8,771	3,484	698	65	.307	.377	.445	.822	1642	363.7	.389	119	257.6
6	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	2,268	1,703	6,957	1,537	322	117	106	1,294	650	29	185	571	7,740	3,142	545	104	.326	.386	.452	.838	1511	356.2	.395	118	239.1
7	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
8	Lave Cross L. Cross	2,157	1,804	7,235	1,128	330	115	45	1,174	389	24	135	263	7,758	2,852	490	110	.298	.336	.394	.730	1152	37.9	.345	97	-31.9
9	Patsy Donovan P. Donovan	2,151	1,691	7,047	1,290	202	75	16	719	433	82	270	501	7,671	2,551	293	109	.305	.353	.362	.715	1123	16.2	.345	100	-8.8
10	Herman Long H. Long	2,128	1,874	7,674	1,456	342	97	91	1,055	612	57	365	537	8,501	2,937	530	158	.277	.335	.383	.718	1253	19.5	.342	92	-80.1
11	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	2,115	1,363	5,780	1,327	190	122	23	636	333	94	80	400	6,388	2,618	335	181	.366	.410	.453	.862	1258	345.7	.408	132	304.1
12	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
13	Dummy Hoy D. Hoy	2,048	1,797	7,115	1,429	248	121	40	725	1,006	134	231	596	8,385	2,658	409	130	.288	.386	.374	.760	1452	224.5	.372	112	143.6
14	George Davis G. Davis	2,025	1,648	6,495	1,228	340	138	70	1,156	632	50	283	488	7,242	2,851	548	65	.312	.377	.439	.816	1327	269.6	.386	121	236.3
15	Tommy Tucker T. Tucker	1,882	1,688	6,482	1,084	240	85	42	932	481	272	249	352	7,273	2,418	367	38	.290	.364	.373	.737	1209	111.5	.358	104	44.1
16	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	1,840	1,438	5,543	1,235	303	162	61	1,024	764	63	330	406	6,451	2,650	526	81	.332	.419	.478	.897	1369	430.7	.423	136	369.5
17	Mike Tiernan M. Tiernan	1,838	1,478	5,915	1,316	257	162	106	853	748	41	218	428	6,732	2,737	525	28	.311	.392	.463	.855	1365	343.1	.402	131	326.1
18	Tommy Corcoran T. Corcoran	1,824	1,722	6,973	1,013	229	132	29	919	315	31	273	323	7,427	2,404	390	108	.262	.296	.345	.641	849	-226.3	.305	75	-275.7
19	Bill Dahlen B. Dahlen	1,815	1,648	6,332	1,278	300	150	69	926	767	105	518	423	7,306	2,622	519	102	.287	.373	.414	.787	1262	217.2	.376	114	152.9
20	Bobby Lowe B. Lowe	1,755	1,564	6,208	1,058	204	77	70	922	436	66	324	282	6,822	2,323	351	112	.283	.336	.374	.711	983	-9.8	.339	90	-87.1
21	Mike Griffin M. Griffin	1,755	1,513	5,923	1,406	314	108	42	720	809	78	185	473	6,848	2,411	464	38	.296	.388	.407	.795	1294	256.4	.383	122	238.9
22	Jack Doyle J. Doyle	1,754	1,494	5,794	955	305	61	24	947	415	47	256	513	6,298	2,253	390	42	.303	.354	.389	.743	979	82.3	.355	105	50.8
23	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	1,748	1,217	5,210	1,099	314	138	111	1,169	399	63	96	219	5,685	2,671	563	13	.336	.390	.513	.902	1246	367.3	.416	136	332.4
24	Steve Brodie S. Brodie	1,728	1,438	5,703	886	191	89	25	900	420	132	213	289	6,342	2,172	305	87	.303	.365	.381	.745	1032	88.6	.360	104	39.4
25	Cupid Childs C. Childs	1,721	1,457	5,622	1,214	205	101	20	743	991	63	228	269	6,766	2,188	326	90	.306	.416	.389	.805	1303	293.6	.396	123	243.3