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AL Season Records
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Ty Cobb

1905 Detroit Tigers

4,189

Tris Speaker

1907 Boston Americans

3,514

Derek Jeter

1995 New York Yankees

3,465

Carl 'Yaz' Yastrzemski

1961 Boston Red Sox

3,419

Paul Molitor

1978 Milwaukee Brewers

3,319

Eddie Collins

1906 Philadelphia Athletics

3,315

Cal Ripken Jr.

1981 Baltimore Orioles

3,184

George Brett

1973 Kansas City Royals

3,154

Robin Yount

1974 Milwaukee Brewers

3,142

Alex Rodriguez

1994 Seattle Mariners

3,115

Rod Carew

1967 Minnesota Twins

3,053

Wade Boggs

1982 Boston Red Sox

3,010

Al Kaline

1953 Detroit Tigers

3,007

Sam Rice

1915 Washington Senators

2,987

Harold Baines

1980 Chicago White Sox

2,866

Babe Ruth

1914 Boston Red Sox

2,860

Ichiro Suzuki

2001 Seattle Mariners

2,853

Brooks Robinson

1955 Baltimore Orioles

2,848

Charlie Gehringer

1924 Detroit Tigers

2,839

Al Simmons

1924 Philadelphia Athletics

2,831

Johnny Damon

1995 Kansas City Royals

2,769

Rafael Palmeiro

1989 Texas Rangers

2,763

Luke Appling

1930 Chicago White Sox

2,749

Goose Goslin

1921 Washington Senators

2,735

Lou Gehrig

1923 New York Yankees

2,721

Doc Cramer

1929 Philadelphia Athletics

2,705

Luis Aparicio

1956 Chicago White Sox

2,677

Ted Williams

1939 Boston Red Sox

2,654

Jimmie Foxx

1925 Philadelphia Athletics

2,585

Reggie Jackson

1967 Kansas City Athletics

2,584

Nellie Fox

1947 Philadelphia Athletics

2,535

Nap Lajoie

1901 Philadelphia Athletics

2,522

Rickey Henderson

1979 Oakland Athletics

2,506

Harry Heilmann

1914 Detroit Tigers

2,499

George Sisler

1915 St. Louis Browns

2,474

Mickey Vernon

1939 Washington Senators

2,474

David Ortiz

1997 Minnesota Twins

2,472

Robinson Cano

2005 New York Yankees

2,470

Frank Thomas

1990 Chicago White Sox

2,468

Harry Hooper

1909 Boston Red Sox

2,466

Sam Crawford

1903 Detroit Tigers

2,466

Eddie Murray

1977 Baltimore Orioles

2,456

Ivan Rodriguez

1991 Texas Rangers

2,453

Jim Rice

1974 Boston Red Sox

2,452

Torii Hunter

1997 Minnesota Twins

2,452

Dwight Evans

1972 Boston Red Sox

2,446

Mickey Mantle

1951 New York Yankees

2,415

Manny Ramirez

1993 Cleveland Indians

2,393

Lou Whitaker

1977 Detroit Tigers

2,369

Garret Anderson

1994 California Angels

2,368

Omar Vizquel

1989 Seattle Mariners

2,367

Alan Trammell

1977 Detroit Tigers

2,365

Carlton Fisk

1969 Boston Red Sox

2,356

Heinie Manush

1923 Detroit Tigers

2,353

Bernie Williams

1991 New York Yankees

2,336

Kirby Puckett

1984 Minnesota Twins

2,304

Joe Judge

1915 Washington Senators

2,296

Paul Konerko

1999 Chicago White Sox

2,292

Joe Cronin

1928 Washington Senators

2,258

Jimmy Dykes

1918 Philadelphia Athletics

2,256

Bert Campaneris

1964 Kansas City Athletics

2,249

Edgar Martinez

1987 Seattle Mariners

2,247

Michael Young

2000 Texas Rangers

2,230

Joe Sewell

1920 Cleveland Indians

2,226

Adrian Beltre

2005 Seattle Mariners

2,217

Joe DiMaggio

1936 New York Yankees

2,214

Joe Kuhel

1930 Washington Senators

2,212

Cecil Cooper

1971 Boston Red Sox

2,192

B. J. Surhoff

1987 Milwaukee Brewers

2,173

Julio Franco

1983 Cleveland Indians

2,169

Magglio Ordonez

1997 Chicago White Sox

2,156

Don Mattingly

1982 New York Yankees

2,153

Victor Martinez

2002 Cleveland Indians

2,153

Yogi Berra

1946 New York Yankees

2,148

Willie Wilson

1976 Kansas City Royals

2,145

Miguel Cabrera

2008 Detroit Tigers

2,145

Wally Moses

1935 Philadelphia Athletics

2,138

Don Baylor

1970 Baltimore Orioles

2,135

Buddy Myer

1925 Washington Senators

2,131

Buddy Bell

1972 Cleveland Indians

2,130

Joe Mauer

2004 Minnesota Twins

2,123

Ruben Sierra

1986 Texas Rangers

2,120

Clyde Milan

1907 Washington Senators

2,100

Brian Downing

1973 Chicago White Sox

2,099

Harmon Killebrew

1954 Washington Senators

2,086

Carney Lansford

1978 California Angels

2,074

Bobby Veach

1912 Detroit Tigers

2,063

George Kell

1943 Philadelphia Athletics

2,054

Bob 'Indian Bob' Johnson

1933 Philadelphia Athletics

2,051

Bobby Doerr

1937 Boston Red Sox

2,042

Joe Carter

1984 Cleveland Indians

2,028

Tony Phillips

1982 Oakland Athletics

2,023

George H. Burns

1914 Detroit Tigers

2,018

Earl Averill

1929 Cleveland Indians

2,017

Frank White

1973 Kansas City Royals

2,006

Del Pratt

1912 St. Louis Browns

1,996

Willie Horton

1963 Detroit Tigers

1,993

George Scott

1966 Boston Red Sox

1,992

Charlie Jamieson

1915 Washington Senators

1,990

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Amos Otis

1970 Kansas City Royals

1,977

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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