Before April 21, 2018, Pete Rose got the most hits, with 4,256 hits.

Interpreted as:

most career hits by a player through april 20, 2018

	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	Pete Rose P. Rose	4,256	3,562	14,053	2,165	746	135	160	1,314	1,566	107	1,143	198	148	15,861	5,752	1,041	56	79	167	250	.303	.375	.409	.784
2	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	4,189	3,032	11,443	2,246	723	298	117		1,261	95		900		13,090	5,859	1,138	296				.366		.512
3	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	3,771	3,298	12,364	2,175	624	98	755	2,297	1,403	32	1,381	240	73	13,941	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	330	.305	.374	.555	.929
4	Stan Musial S. Musial	3,630	3,026	10,971	1,949	726	177	475	1,950	1,605	53	698	78	31	12,718	6,135	1,378	36	53	127	249	.331	.417	.559	.976
5	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	3,515	2,792	10,199	1,881	794	221	117		1,393	105		437		12,011	5,102	1,132	314				.345	.429	.500	.929
6	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	3,465	2,747	11,195	1,923	544	66	260	1,311	1,082	170	1,840	358	97	12,602	4,921	870	97	58	39	287	.310	.377	.440	.817
7	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	3,419	3,308	11,988	1,816	646	59	452	1,844	1,845	40	1,395	168	115	13,991	5,539	1,157	13	105	190	325	.285	.379	.462	.841
8	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	3,319	2,683	10,835	1,782	605	114	234	1,307	1,094	47	1,244	504	131	12,160	4,854	953	75	109	100	208	.306	.369	.448	.817
9	Eddie Collins E. Collins	3,311	2,825	9,955	1,822	438	187	47		1,533	77		741		12,081	4,264	672	516				.333	.426	.428	.854
10	Willie Mays W. Mays	3,283	2,992	10,881	2,060	523	140	660	1,903	1,467	44	1,527	338	102	12,496	6,066	1,323	13	91	193	253	.302	.384	.557	.942
11	Eddie Murray E. Murray	3,255	3,026	11,336	1,627	560	35	504	1,917	1,333	18	1,516	110	43	12,817	5,397	1,099	2	128	222	315	.287	.359	.476	.836
12	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	3,184	3,001	11,551	1,647	603	44	431	1,695	1,129	66	1,305	36	39	12,883	5,168	1,078	10	127	107	350	.276	.340	.447	.788
13	George Brett G. Brett	3,154	2,707	10,349	1,583	665	137	317	1,596	1,096	33	908	201	97	11,624	5,044	1,119	26	120	228	236	.305	.369	.487	.857
14	Paul Waner P. Waner	3,152	2,550	9,460	1,627	605	191	113	1,316	1,093	38	376	104		10,766	4,478	909	175			45	.333	.404	.473	.878
15	Robin Yount R. Yount	3,142	2,856	11,008	1,632	583	126	251	1,406	966	48	1,350	271	105	12,249	4,730	960	104	123	95	217	.285	.342	.430	.772
16	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	3,141	2,440	9,288	1,383	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	10,232	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.338	.388	.459	.847
17	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	3,115	2,784	10,566	2,021	548	31	696	2,086	1,338	176	2,287	329	76	12,207	5,813	1,275	16	111	97	261	.295	.380	.550	.930
18	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	3,110	2,973	11,003	1,669	540	88	465	1,833	1,216	25	1,686	223	96	12,358	5,221	1,093	19	95	172	319	.283	.353	.475	.827
19	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	3,087	2,647	9,918	1,418	362	96	117	780	643	55	1,076	509	117	10,714	3,992	575	50	48	181	92	.311	.355	.403	.757
20	Adrian Beltre A. Beltre	3,069	2,834	10,708	1,482	618	37	463	1,647	822	92	1,648	120	42	11,733	5,150	1,118	14	97	111	269	.287	.340	.481	.821
21	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	3,060	2,850	10,876	1,844	668	55	291	1,175	1,160	285	1,753	414	124	12,503	4,711	1,014	101	81	68	150	.281	.363	.433	.796
22	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	3,055	3,081	10,961	2,295	510	66	297	1,115	2,190	98	1,694	1,406	335	13,346	4,588	873	30	67	61	172	.279	.401	.419	.820
23	Rod Carew R. Carew	3,053	2,469	9,315	1,424	445	112	92	1,015	1,018	25	1,028	353	187	10,550	3,998	649	128	64	144	217	.328	.393	.429	.822
24	Lou Brock L. Brock	3,023	2,616	10,332	1,610	486	141	149	900	761	49	1,730	938	306	11,235	4,238	776	47	46	124	115	.293	.343	.410	.753
25	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	3,020	2,831	10,472	1,663	585	38	569	1,834	1,353	87	1,348	97	40	12,046	5,388	1,192	15	119	172	232	.288	.371	.515	.885