who had the best single month of may in mlb history

Ty Cobb has the most career singles in the month of May, with 574 singles.

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Data note: Singles: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	574	579	2,251	436	812	159	52	27		257	21		159		2,590	1,156	238	61				.361	.431	.514	.945
2	Pete Rose P. Rose	505	623	2,438	392	689	141	18	25	228	303	23	220	40	29	2,788	941	184	9	15	28	48	.283	.365	.386	.751
3	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	456	453	1,691	261	558	66	21	15	133	130	12	159	111	30	1,847	711	102	8	6	35	22	.330	.381	.420	.801
4	Eddie Collins E. Collins	446	494	1,791	299	562	78	34	4		270	13		112		2,168	720	116	94				.314	.407	.402	.809
5	Rod Carew R. Carew	442	440	1,676	262	570	84	20	24	186	195	2	205	69	35	1,909	766	128	27	9	31	43	.340	.408	.457	.865
6	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	419	463	1,922	299	567	90	17	41	219	182	30	329	69	8	2,156	814	148	14	8	8	35	.295	.364	.424	.787
7	Lou Brock L. Brock	411	438	1,772	270	546	87	25	23	159	92	10	312	145	57	1,889	752	135	9	6	14	25	.308	.345	.424	.769
8	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	398	453	1,785	273	538	90	14	36	198	195	9	180	77	23	2,023	764	140	15	19	19	40	.301	.370	.428	.798
9	Stan Musial S. Musial	397	542	1,961	367	633	118	32	86	374	329	19	131	14	6	2,329	1,073	236	5	15	26	41	.323	.422	.547	.969
10	Robin Yount R. Yount	387	485	1,858	275	546	92	16	51	233	166	10	223	47	18	2,069	823	159	16	19	22	44	.294	.352	.443	.795
11	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	387	584	2,208	395	658	123	19	129	395	258	5	254	37	11	2,496	1,206	271	4	21	43	64	.298	.370	.546	.916
12	Nellie Fox N. Fox	383	423	1,623	220	477	67	18	9	138	116	27	40	16	20	1,811	607	94	35	10	2	31	.294	.349	.374	.723
13	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	383	472	1,762	322	585	131	46	25		216	22		69		2,056	883	202	56				.332	.412	.501	.913
14	Luis Aparicio L. Aparicio	380	485	1,947	247	481	66	19	16	150	134	5	165	105	30	2,133	633	101	28	19	3	38	.247	.295	.325	.620
15	Eddie Murray E. Murray	377	534	1,983	265	552	93	9	73	317	225	5	271	15	6	2,241	882	175	0	28	42	70	.278	.349	.445	.794
16	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	374	497	1,748	247	478	71	19	14	167	190	6	178	65	30	2,015	629	104	47	24	8	37	.273	.342	.360	.702
17	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	373	479	1,792	239	466	79	9	5	153	189	10	107	107	26	2,044	578	93	43	10	10	36	.260	.332	.323	.655
18	Roberto Alomar R. Alomar	371	420	1,641	283	506	76	14	45	224	185	6	196	82	21	1,869	745	135	17	20	12	37	.308	.376	.454	.830
19	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	371	406	1,538	256	512	99	18	24	196	154	8	61	63	21	1,724	719	141	7	17	37	41	.333	.393	.467	.860
20	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	371	378	1,432	260	461	62	23	5	99	210	8	103	38	16	1,674	584	90	21	3	7	17	.322	.411	.408	.819
21	Paul Waner P. Waner	369	438	1,664	291	529	103	39	18	234	216	5	72	21		1,913	764	160	28			11	.318	.398	.459	.857
22	Sam Rice S. Rice	368	406	1,540	261	478	75	29	6		123	11	48	51		1,708	629	110	34				.310	.366	.408	.774
23	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	367	558	1,995	319	561	99	8	87	318	347	5	216	30	23	2,373	937	194	3	23	34	64	.281	.385	.470	.855
24	George Sisler G. Sisler	367	349	1,394	234	483	67	29	20		90	8	52	79		1,538	668	116	46				.346	.389	.479	.869
25	Tim Raines T. Raines	366	465	1,686	314	510	77	27	40	200	278	12	201	139	28	1,998	761	144	7	15	38	25	.302	.402	.451	.853

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Sun 3/28	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	CLE	@	DET	4:00 AM
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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