The 3000-300 club is an informal name for the list of
Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
players who have achieved 3000
hitsIn baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
and 300 home runs. The list currently contains 10 players. The list is sometimes shortened by only including players with 400 home runs (8 players) or 500 home runs (
4 playersIn Major League Baseball, the 3000/500 Club is an informal term applied to the small group of players who have collected 3,000 or more career hits and 500 or more career home runs. Only four players' lifetime statistics qualify for the club....
). Achieving these two feats of longevity means the player is likely to enter into the Baseball hall of fame.
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The 3000-300 club is an informal name for the list of
Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
players who have achieved 3000
hitsIn baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
and 300 home runs. The list currently contains 10 players. The list is sometimes shortened by only including players with 400 home runs (8 players) or 500 home runs (
4 playersIn Major League Baseball, the 3000/500 Club is an informal term applied to the small group of players who have collected 3,000 or more career hits and 500 or more career home runs. Only four players' lifetime statistics qualify for the club....
). Achieving these two feats of longevity means the player is likely to enter into the Baseball hall of fame.
The club
| Player |
Base hits |
Home runs |
| Hank Aaron |
3,771 |
755 |
Stan MusialStanley Frank "Stan" Musial , born Stanisław Franciszek Musiał, , is a retired American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963...
|
3,630 |
475 |
Carl YastrzemskiCarl Michael Yastrzemski Carl Michael Yastrzemski Carl Michael Yastrzemski , nicknamed "Yaz," is a former American Major League Baseball player. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox, primarily as a left fielder, with part of his later career...
|
3,419 |
452 |
Willie MaysWilliam Howard "Willie" Mays, Jr. is a retired American baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of...
|
3,283 |
660 |
Eddie MurrayEddie Clarence Murray is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who was known as one of the most reliable and productive hitters of his era, earning the nickname "Steady Eddie". Murray is regarded as one of the best switch hitters ever to play the game...
|
3,255 |
504 |
Cal Ripken, Jr.Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr., , is a retired Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles....
|
3,184 |
431 |
George BrettGeorge Howard Brett is a former Major League Baseball player, a third baseman for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league history, and 15th all-time...
|
3,145 |
317 |
Dave WinfieldDavid Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball player. He is currently Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor of the San Diego Padres and an analyst for the ESPN program Baseball Tonight...
|
3,110 |
465 |
Rafael PalmeiroRafael Palmeiro Corrales is a former Major League Baseball player with a career spanning 20 years, 1986 to 2005. Though he never officially retired, Palmeiro has not played since ....
|
3,020 |
569 |
Al KalineAlbert William "Al" Kaline, also known as Mr. Tiger, is a former Major League Baseball player. Kaline was active from 1953 to 1974 and spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers...
|
3,007 |
399 |
Players with 290 home runs and 2900 base hits
- Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henley Henderson is a former baseball player who played left field in Major League Baseball for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his first team, the Oakland Athletics...
297 home runs, 3,055 hits
- Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby , nicknamed "The Rajah", was a Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. Hornsby's first name, Rogers, was his mother's maiden name. He spent the majority of his playing career with the St...
301 home runs, 2,930 hits
- Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles...
586 home runs, 2,943 hits
- Al Simmons
Aloysius Harry Simmons , born Aloisius Szymanski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was an American player in Major League Baseball for over two decades. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
307 home runs, 2,927 hits
- Craig Biggio
Craig Alan Biggio is a former Major League Baseball player who played his entire career with the Houston Astros. He ranks 20th all-time with 3,060 career hits, and is the ninth player in the 3000 hit club to get all his hits with the same team. He is now the head varsity baseball coach for St...
291 home runs, 3,060 hits
- Barry Bonds
Barry Lamar Bonds is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds. He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007.Bonds has led a controversial...
762 home runs, 2,935 hits
Top 6 home run hitters who do not have 3,000 hits
- Barry Bonds
Barry Lamar Bonds is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds. He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007.Bonds has led a controversial...
762 home runs, 2,935 hits
- Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth, Jr. , also popularly known as "Babe" Ruth, "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from –...
714 home runs, 2,873 hits
- Ken Griffey, Jr.
George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. is a Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter, for the Seattle Mariners....
621 home runs, 2,736 hits (as of July 31, 2009)
- Sammy Sosa
Samuel Peralta Sosa is a retired Major League Baseball right fielder.Sosa's Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in . After a stint with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1992 and subsequently became one of the league's best hitters...
609 home runs, 2,408 hits
- Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles...
586 home runs, 2,943 hits
- Mark McGwire
Mark David McGwire is a former Major League Baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals....
583 home runs, 1626 hits
Top 7 hit leaders who did not have 300 home runs
- Pete Rose
Peter Edward Rose is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from to , and is best known for his 19 years with the Cincinnati Reds....
4,256 hits, 160 home runs
- Ty Cobb
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was a baseball player and is regarded by some historians and journalists as the best player of the dead-ball era, and is generally seen as one of the greatest players of all time.In 1936, Cobb received the most votes of any player on the...
4,189 hits, 117 home runs
- Tris Speaker
Tristram E. Speaker , nicknamed “Spoke” and “Grey Eagle” , was an American baseball player known as one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in history...
3,514 hits, 117 home runs
- Cap Anson
Adrian Constantine Anson , known by the nicknames "Cap" and "Pop", was a professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball...
3,418 hits, 97 home runs
- Honus Wagner
Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner , nicknamed The Flying Dutchman due to his superb speed and German heritage, was an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played in the National League from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the...
3,415 hits, 101 home runs
- Paul Molitor
Paul Leo Molitor , nicknamed Molly and The Ignitor, is an American former Major League Baseball player. Molitor played for 21 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers , Toronto Blue Jays , and Minnesota Twins...
3,319 hits, 234 home runs
- Eddie Collins
Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. , nicknamed "Cocky", was an American second baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox....
3,315 hits, 47 home runs
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