Year by Year Leaders for Hits Ever wonder who had the most hits the year you were born? How about players from you favorite team — have they ever led the league in hits? Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a year-by-year leaderboard in Major League hits for every season since 1876. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it." - Hits Leader (1943-1944, 1946, 1948-1949, 1952) / Hall of Famer Stan Musial