I'm not sure of the correct answer, but I can verify that the 26 hits by Milwaukee on Aug 2 is not the MLB record. The Texas Rangers had 29 hits against Baltimore in a 30-3 win on Aug 22, 2007.
scorekeeper.
The Philadephia Phillies had 36 hits in their game against Louisville on 17 August 1894.
Jose Reyes had 5 hits in his first Major League BAseball game! He also had 4 RBI's!
Pete Rose - 4,256 hits
Pete Rose
Joey votto
43,524 - 22,741 in the National League and 20,783 in the American League.
Pete Rose, hit 4,255 hits in his career
The first major league in baseball was the National Association (NA) which was founded in 1871. Controversy exists over whether the National Association was a "major league." In 1968, Major League Baseball (MLB) founded a "Special Baseball Records Committee" specifically to rule on these matters, and decided that records from the National Association would NOT count in "major league" record totals. Thus, if Joe Schmoe got 100 hits in 1875 while playing in the NA, and 150 hits in 1876 while playing for a National League (NL) team, his official total number of hits in MLB competition would be recorded as 150, not 250. Whether that is what SHOULD have been decided is still argued today. The first NA game was on 1871 May 4. The first NL game was on 1876 April 22.
Ty Cobb.
a player who hits but does not play the field.
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