Hit by Pitch All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Hit By Pitch

These are the major league ballplayers that were there — really there. So close in fact that they were hit by the pitch, either intentionally or unintentionally by the opposing team's pitcher(s).

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time career leaders in Major League hit by pitch. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"A durable power hitter, Don Baylor will probably be most noted as the major league record holder for being hit by a pitch. Unafraid to crowd the plate, he was hit a major league-high 28 times in 1987, setting the career record (244) when plunked by Rick Rhoden on June 28." - Author Morris Eckhouse on BaseballLibrary.com

Hit by Pitch All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Hit by Pitch	Rank
Hughie Jennings	287	1
Craig Biggio	285	2
Tommy Tucker	272	3
Don Baylor	267	4
Jason Kendall	248	5
Ron Hunt	243	6
Dan McGann	230	7
Frank Robinson	198	8
Minnie Minoso	192	9
Jake Beckley	183	10
Andres Galarraga	178	11
Curt Welch	173	12
Carlos Delgado	172	13
Kid Elberfeld	165	14
Jason Giambi	164	15
Fernando Vina	157	16
Brady Anderson	154	17
Fred Clarke	153	18
Chet Lemon	151	19
Alex Rodriguez	149	20
Carlton Fisk	143	21
Derek Jeter	143
Nellie Fox	142	23
Art Fletcher	141	24
Bill Dahlen	140	25
Chuck Knoblauch	139	26
Larry Walker	138	27
Frank Chance	137	28
Gary Sheffield	135	29
David Eckstein	134	30
Nap Lajoie	134
Dummy Hoy	133	32
Steve Brodie	132	33
Damion Easley	132
John McGraw	132
Jose Guillen	131	36
Brian Downing	129	37
Willie Keeler	129
Jeff Bagwell	128	39
Jeff Kent	125	40
Honus Wagner	124	41
Buck Herzog	120	42
Jimmy Dykes	115	43
Sherm Lollar	115
Frankie Crosetti	114	45
Bill Freehan	114
Scott Rolen	112	47
Andre Dawson	111	48
Steve Evans	111
Luis Gonzalez	111
George Burns	110	51
Melvin Mora	110
Sherry Magee	109	53
Aaron Rowand	109
Bill Joyce	108	55
Mo Vaughn	108
Pete Rose	107	57
Wally Schang	107
Miguel Tejada	107
Chase Utley	107
Barry Bonds	106	61
Jason LaRue	106
Dan Brouthers	105	63
Mark Grudzielanek	104	64
Manny Ramirez	103	65
Tris Speaker	103
Orlando Cepeda	102	67
Henry Larkin	100	68
Elmer Flick	99	69
Bucky Harris	99
Eddie Yost	99
Rickey Henderson	98	72
Reed Johnson	98
Dick Bartell	97	74
Mike Macfarlane	97
Dick Padden	97
Gary Gaetti	96	77
Reggie Jackson	96
Geoff Jenkins	96
Ty Cobb	94	80
Ed Delahanty	94
Matt Lawton	94
John Reilly	94
Jake Stahl	94
John Titus	94
Jim Delahanty	92	86
Doc Gessler	92
Jimmy Sheckard	92
Lonnie Smith	92
Jeff Blauser	91	90
Cliff Floyd	91
Ed Sprague	91
Gene Tenace	91
John Warner	91
Chief Zimmer	91
Joe Carter	90	96
Norm Cash	90
Craig Wilson	90
Jack Fournier	89	99
Billy Hamilton	89	100
Mike Lieberthal	89
Edgar Martinez	89
Eric Young	89
Name	Hit by Pitch	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

Between 1901 and 2005 there have been four (4) National League games where six (6) combined hit by pitch instances took place between the two teams. Oddly enough, three (3) of those involved the Florida Marlins & three (3) of those involved the Pittsburgh Pirates and each is listed below:

Date / Box	Team	HBP	Team	HBP
06-29-1994	Montreal	4	Florida	2
05-16-1995	Florida	4	Pittsburgh	2
05-22-1999	Pittsburgh	4	Florida	2
09-16-2000	Pittsburgh	4	Houston	2

If hit by pitch records interest you, please click the link and visit our page dedicated to players who were hit by pitches more often and read about most in a season, most by a rookie in a season, most by a right-handed hitter, left-handed hitter, switch-hitter and many other unique and hard to find variations.

Did you know that when Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles got hit by Mike Morgan during the first inning of the game played on May 23, 1999 TWICE, he became the first and only American League player hit by a pitch twice in the same inning?

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