MLB HIT BY A PITCH RECORDS

Major League Baseball Records for Getting Hit by Pitches

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for being hit by pitchers — including career hit by pitch marks, single season hit by pitch plateaus and game related hut by pitch records.

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Hit By A Pitch Records

Most Times Hit by a Pitch in a Career

Most Hit by Pitch
In A Career | Top 1,000
AL Don Baylor Baltimore 46 267
Oakland 32
California 66
New York 60
Boston 59
Minnesota 4
NL Craig Biggio Houston 285 285
ML Hughie Jennings Louisville [AA] 9 287
Louisville [NL] 10
Baltimore [NL] 197
Brooklyn [NL] 40
Philadelphia [NL] 31
Detroit [AL] 0

Hit By A Pitch Records

Single Season Hit by Pitch Records

Fewest Hit by Pitch
League Leader | Full Season
AL Frankie Crosetti New York 5 1934
Frankie Pytlak Cleveland 1934
NL Buddy Blattner New York 6 1946
Andre Dawson Montreal 1980
Dan Driessen Cincinnati 1980
Tim Foli Pittsburgh 1980
Greg Luzinski Philadelphia 1980
Elliott Maddox New York 1980
Pete Rose Philadelphia 1980
Most Hit by Pitch
In A Season | Top 500
AL Don Baylor Boston 35 1986
NL Hughie Jennings Baltimore 51 1896
Most Hit by Pitch
In A Season | Lefthander
AL Brady Anderson Baltimore 24 1999
NL Steve Evans St. Louis 31 1910
Most Hit by Pitch
In A Season | Righthander
AL Don Baylor Boston 35 1986
NL Hughie Jennings Baltimore 51 1896
Most Hit by Pitch
In A Season | Rookie
AA Tommy Tucker Baltimore 29 1887
AL David Eckstein Anaheim 21 2001
NL Jonathan India Cincinnati 23 2021
Frank Robinson Cincinnati 20 1956
Most Hit by Pitch
In A Season | Switch-Hitter
AA Tommy Tucker Baltimore 33 1889
AL Carl Everett Texas (5) 15 2003
Chicago (10)
Gene Larkin Minnesota 1988
NL F.P. Santangelo Montreal 25 1997
Most At Bats
In A Season | Zero HBP
AL Sandy Alomar California 689 1971
NL Cesar Izturis Los Angeles 670 2004
Most Seasons
Leading The League
AL Minnie Minoso Cleveland 10 1951
Chicago 1952
Chicago 1953
Chicago 1954
Chicago 1956
Chicago 1957
Chicago 1958
Chicago 1959
Chicago 1960
Chicago 1961
NL Ron Hunt San Francisco 7 1968
San Francisco 1969
San Francisco 1970
Montreal 1971
Montreal 1972
Montreal 1973
Montreal / St. Louis 1974
Most Seasons
Leading The League
Consecutively
AL Minnie Minoso Chicago 6 1956-1961
Cleveland
NL Ron Hunt San Francisco 7 1968-1974
Montreal
St. Louis

Hit By A Pitch Records

Most Times Hit by a Pitch in a Game

Most Hit by Pitch
In A Game | Since 1901
AL Nap Lajoie Cleveland 3 09-23-1908
Bert Daniels New York 06-20-1913
Wally Schang New York 05-15-1923
Sherm Lollar Chicago 06-08-1956
Bill Freehan Detroit 08-16-1968
Craig Kusick Minnesota 08-27-1975
Damion Easley Detroit 05-31-1999
Damion Easley Detroit 07-16-2002
Melvin Mora Baltimore 07-18-2002
Corey Koskie Minnesota 07-27-2004
Reed Johnson Toronto 04-16-2005
Jonny Gomes Tampa Bay 08-15-2005
Reed Johnson Toronto 04-07-2006
Reed Johnson Toronto 04-29-2006
Manny Ramirez Boston 07-05-2008
Austin Kearns Cleveland 07-05-2010
Brandon Guyer Tampa Bay 10-02-2015
Brandon Guyer Tampa Bay 04-21-2016
Jarrod Dyson Seattle 05-16-2017
Jurickson Profar Texas 06-09-2018
Jurickson Profar Texas 06-23-2018
NL Frank Chance Chicago 3 07-26-1902
Frank Chance Chicago 05-30-1904
Steve Evans St. Louis 08-03-1910
Mel Ott New York 09-15-1938
Ron Hunt San Francisco 04-29-1969
Tito Fuentes San Francisco 09-13-1973
Glenn Davis Houston 04-09-1990
Richard Hidalgo Houston 04-19-2000
Nomar Garciaparra Los Angeles 07-03-2006
Chase Utley Philadelphia 04-08-2008
Matt Carpenter St. Louis 06-04-2013
Tim Locastro Arizona 05-24-2019
Derek Dietrich Cincinnati 06-21-2019

Hit By A Pitch Records

Most Times Hit by a Pitch in an Inning

Most Hit by Pitch
In An Inning
AL Brady Anderson Baltimore 2 05-23-1999
1st Inning
Mike Hessman Detroit 09-08-2008
2nd Inning
Brandon Moss Oakland 04-25-2014
9th Inning
NL Willard Schmidt Cincinnati 2 04-26-1959
3rd Inning
Frank Thomas New York 04-29-1962
4th Inning
Andres Galarraga Colorado 07-12-1996
7th Inning
Jose Guillen San Francisco 09-23-2010
2nd Inning
David DeJesus Chicago 06-18-2012
7th Inning
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Did you know that Reed Johnson holds the Major League record for most games in a career with three hit by pitch? Reed set the mark on April 29, 2006, after being plunked for the third time in the same game, the third time in his career (April 7, 2006 and April 16, 2005 were the other two instances).

Frank Chance played in a double header on May 30, 1904, and became the only player to ever get hit by a pitch five times during a double header.

The Hall of Fame shared this about Hughie Jennings, the all-time hit by pitch leader, "The shortstop was hit by a pitch an astounding 287 times in his career. In one game in particular, he was hit in the head by a pitch in the third inning and remarkably, he continued to play the rest of the game. But, as soon as it finished, he collapsed and remained unconscious for the three days that followed."