Single Season Hit Batters Leaders

  Rank Player Hit Batters Year Age  
  1. Joe McGinnity* 41 1900 29  
  2. Ruddy Lugo 37 2007 27  
    Ed Doheny 37 1899 25  
    Gus Weyhing 37 1887 20  
  3. Will White 35 1884 29  
  4. Chick Fraser 32 1901 27  
    Cy Seymour 32 1898 25  
    Tony Mullane 32 1887 28  
    Tony Mullane 32 1884 25  
  5. Vic Willis* 30 1899 23  
    Vic Willis* 30 1898 22  
  6. Chick Fraser 29 1898 24  
  7. Gus Weyhing 28 1899 32  
    Joe McGinnity* 28 1899 28  
    Jack Taylor 28 1897 24  
    Win Mercer 28 1897 22  
  8. Willie Sudhoff 27 1898 23  
    Pink Hawley 27 1897 24  
    Jack Easton 27 1890 23  
    Will White 27 1885 30  
  9. Jack Warhop 26 1909 24  
    John Healy 26 1890 23  
    Gus Shallix 26 1884 26  
  10. Chief Bender* 25 1903 19  
    Jack Taylor 25 1898 25  
  11. Otto Hess 24 1906 27  
    Eddie Plank* 24 1905 29  
    Nixey Callahan 24 1899 25  
    Wiley Piatt 24 1899 24  
    Chick Fraser 24 1897 23  
    Frank Knauss 24 1890 22  
    Darby O'Brien 24 1889 22  
    Tom Sullivan 24 1888 28  
    Ed Seward 24 1887 19  
  12. Howard Ehmke 23 1922 28  
    Jake Weimer 23 1907 33  
    Eddie Plank* 23 1903 27  
    Frank Bates 23 1899    
    Bill Magee 23 1899 24  
    Bill Carrick 23 1899 25  
    Fred Klobedanz 23 1897 25  
  13. Cy Morgan 22 1909 30  
    Nixey Callahan 22 1900 26  
    Ed Doheny 22 1900 26  
    Willie Sudhoff 22 1899 24  
    Chick Fraser 22 1899 25  
    Jack Taylor 22 1899 25  
    Jim Hughey 22 1899 30  
    Pink Hawley 22 1898 25  
    Pete Dowling 22 1898    
    Joe Corbett 22 1897 21  
    Doc McJames 22 1897 22  
    Red Donahue 22 1897 24  
    Sadie McMahon 22 1890 22  
    Mike Morrison 22 1887 20  
    Al Atkinson 22 1886 25  
  14. Kerry Wood 21 2003 25  
    Tom Murphy 21 1969 23  
    Cy Morgan 21 1911 32  
    Harry McIntire 21 1909 30  
    Henry Schmidt 21 1903 29  
    Jack Chesbro* 21 1902 27  
    Doc Newton 21 1901 23  
    Pete Dowling 21 1901    
    Joe McGinnity* 21 1901 30  
    Cy Seymour 21 1899 26  
    Cy Seymour 21 1897 24  
    Jumbo McGinnis 21 1886 22  
  15. Carlos Zambrano 20 2004 22  
    Bronson Arroyo 20 2004 27  
    Victor Zambrano 20 2003 27  
    Jamey Wright 20 2001 26  
    Chan Ho Park 20 2001 26  
    Don Drysdale* 20 1961 24  
    Walter Johnson* 20 1923 35  
    Howard Ehmke 20 1923 29  
    Harry Coveleski 20 1915 29  
    Ed Summers 20 1908 23  
    Harry McIntire 20 1908 29  
    Harry McIntire 20 1905 26  
    Case Patten 20 1904 30  
    Barney Pelty 20 1904 23  
    Bill Carrick 20 1901 27  
    Pink Hawley 20 1900 27  
    Win Mercer 20 1900 25  
    Pink Hawley 20 1899 26  
    Bert Cunningham 20 1898 32  
    Clark Griffith* 20 1898 28  
    Ed Doheny 20 1898 24  
    Bill Hill 20 1897 22  
    Charlie Sprague 20 1890 25  
    Hank Gastright 20 1890 25  
    Al Mays 20 1887 22  
    Matt Kilroy 20 1887 20  
    Billy Crowell 20 1887 21  
    Kid Madden 20 1887 20  
    Bobby Mathews 20 1885 33  
    Fleury Sullivan 20 1884 22  
  16. Justin Verlander 19 2007 24  
    Dontrelle Willis 19 2006 24  

Active players in bold. (*)Hall of Fame Member.