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Hit (baseball)

Hitting the ball into fair territory and safely reaching base without an error or fielder's choice / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches or passes first base after hitting the ball into fair territory with neither the benefit of an error nor a fielder's choice.

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Pete Rose is the all-time leader in Major League Baseball hits, recording 4,256.
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Ichiro Suzuki has recorded the most career hits across top tier professional leagues, 4,367, combining his 3,089 Major League hits with his previous 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball.