Youngest Players To Hit 3000 Hits
Who was the youngest player to hit 3000 hits?
Ty Cobb is the youngest player to hit 3000 hits, accomplishing it at the age of 34 years and 247 days old. He hit his 3000th hit on Aug 22, 1921.
Which active player is on pace to next make the Top 50 list for "Youngest To 3000 Hits"?
Based on their career production, the active player most likely to next make the "Youngest to 3000 Hits" leaderboard is Freddie Freeman, who is currently 36 years and 235 days old with 2468 H.
Which active players are in contention for the "Youngest Player To 3000 Hits" leaderboard?
The following players are all at least two-thirds to the total and theoretically on-pace to make this leaderboard:
| Player | Current H | Current Age |
|---|---|---|
| Freddie Freeman | 2468 | 36-235 |
| Jose Altuve | 2420 | 35-364 |
| Manny Machado | 2094 | 33-303 |
Note: Some players on this leaderboard might show up as having 3001 or 3002 hits, which means they hit multiple Hs in the game in which they crossed the milestone. In order to normalize the modern statistics and the historic ones (for which there is no play-by-play data), all the stats shown here are based on per-game statistics. Meaning that the at-bat total might not be the exact at-bat in which the player reached the milestone, only the number of ABs and PAs they had at the conclusion of the game in which they reached the milestone.
This list filters out players born before 1880, as many of them played in the era pre-1901 before game-level boxscores were available, and thus a specific game number when a milestone was achieved couldn't be presented accurately.
This list filters out players born before 1880, as many of them played in the era pre-1901 before game-level boxscores were available, and thus a specific game number when a milestone was achieved couldn't be presented accurately.