Before January 1, 1942, Ty Cobb collected the most hits, with 4,189 hits.

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most career MLB hits by a player before 1/1/1942

	NAME	H	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	Sam Rice S. Rice	2,986	2,405	9,275	1,514	498	184	34		709	57	274	352	10,252	3,954	716	211		.322	.374	.426	.800
5	Paul Waner P. Waner	2,956	2,261	8,759	1,538	568	189	111	1,233	966	36	339	101	9,921	4,235	868	160	26	.337	.405	.484	.889
6	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	2,930	2,259	8,172	1,579	541	169	301		1,041	48	677	135	9,477	4,712	1,011	216		.359	.434	.577	1.011
7	Al Simmons A. Simmons	2,898	2,171	8,620	1,497	534	149	306	1,820	610	30	716	88	9,371	4,648	989	111	19	.336	.382	.539	.921
8	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	2,884	2,410	9,107	1,289	476	172	132		656	78		204	10,000	4,100	780	159		.317	.368	.450	.818
9	Frankie Frisch F. Frisch	2,879	2,311	9,113	1,532	466	139	105	1,243	729	31	272	419	10,099	3,938	710	226		.316	.369	.432	.801
10	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2,873	2,504	8,400	2,173	506	136	714	2,213	2,062	44	1,331	123	10,622	5,793	1,356	116		.342	.474	.690	1.164
11	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	2,827	2,278	8,815	1,769	574	146	183	1,427	1,186	51	368	182	10,192	4,242	903	140	27	.321	.404	.481	.886
12	Sam Crawford S. Crawford	2,820	2,385	9,061	1,299	443	288	89		738	20		344	10,055	4,106	820	236		.311	.364	.453	.818
13	George Sisler G. Sisler	2,810	2,054	8,270	1,281	425	164	102		467	48	327	375	9,012	3,869	691	227		.340	.378	.468	.846
14	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	2,766	2,297	8,509	1,414	506	210	78		845	101		604	9,629	3,926	794	191		.325		.461
15	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	2,735	2,287	8,658	1,482	500	173	248	1,621	953	56	586	175	9,829	4,325	921	162		.316	.387	.500	.887
16	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	2,721	2,164	8,001	1,888	534	163	493	1,998	1,511	46	789	102	9,664	5,060	1,190	106	2	.340	.448	.632	1.080
17	Max Carey M. Carey	2,665	2,466	9,365	1,545	419	159	70		1,038	77	694	740	10,765	3,612	648	285		.285	.361	.386	.746
18	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	2,661	2,146	7,794	1,291	543	152	183		857	39	556	113	8,964	4,057	878	274		.341	.409	.521	.930
19	Rabbit Maranville R. Maranville	2,605	2,670	10,075	1,256	380	177	28		840	37	760	291	11,254	3,423	585	302		.259	.318	.340	.658
20	Heinie Manush H. Manush	2,526	2,009	7,657	1,288	491	160	110	1,183	507	70	346	113	8,420	3,667	761	186	1	.330	.377	.479	.856
21	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	2,522	1,987	7,496	1,083	516	100	50		454	99		294	8,254	3,388	666	208		.336		.452
22	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	2,515	2,113	7,585	1,678	434	124	519	1,851	1,391	11	1,197	86	9,058	4,754	1,077	71	56	.332	.436	.627	1.063
23	Harry Hooper H. Hooper	2,463	2,311	8,783	1,432	390	161	75		1,146	76		375	10,255	3,400	626	250		.280	.368	.387	.755
24	Pie Traynor P. Traynor	2,416	1,941	7,559	1,183	371	164	58	1,276	476	31	278	158	8,297	3,289	593	231		.320	.362	.435	.797
25	Stuffy McInnis S. McInnis	2,406	2,129	7,824	872	314	101	20		376	38		172	8,627	2,982	435	389		.308	.342	.381	.723

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