List of Major League Baseball career hit by pitch leaders
In baseball, hit by pitch is a situation in which a batter or his clothing or equipment is struck directly by a pitch from the pitcher; the batter is called a hit batsman. A hit batsman is awarded first base, provided that he made an honest effort to avoid the pitch, although failure to do so is rarely called by an umpire. Being hit by a pitch is often caused by a batter standing too close to, or "crowding", home plate.
Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball players who have been hit by a pitch the most during their MLB careers.
Hughie Jennings holds the Major League record for most hit by pitches, getting hit 287 times in his career. Craig Biggio, Tommy Tucker, Don Baylor, Jason Kendall, Ron Hunt, Dan McGann, and Chase Utley are the only other players to be hit by 200 or more pitches during their careers.Key
List
| Rank | Player | HBP |
| 1 | Hughie Jennings * | 287 |
| 2 | Craig Biggio * | 285 |
| 3 | Tommy Tucker | 272 |
| 4 | Don Baylor | 267 |
| 5 | Jason Kendall | 254 |
| 6 | Ron Hunt | 243 |
| 7 | Dan McGann | 230 |
| 8 | Chase Utley | 204 |
| 9 | Frank Robinson * | 198 |
| 10 | Minnie Miñoso | 192 |
| 11 | Jake Beckley * | 183 |
| 12 | Jason Giambi | 180 |
| 13 | Andrés Galarraga | 178 |
| 14 | Alex Rodriguez | 176 |
| 15 | Curt Welch | 173 |
| 16 | Carlos Delgado | 172 |
| 17 | Derek Jeter * | 170 |
| 18 | Kid Elberfeld | 165 |
| 19 | Fernando Viña | 157 |
| 20 | Brady Anderson | 154 |
| Fred Clarke * | 154 |
| 22 | Shin-Soo Choo | 151 |
| Chet Lemon | 151 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 151 |
| 25 | Jose Guillen | 145 |
| 26 | David Eckstein | 143 |
| Carlton Fisk * | 143 |
| 28 | Nellie Fox * | 142 |
| 29 | Art Fletcher | 141 |
| 30 | Bill Dahlen | 140 |
| 31 | Chuck Knoblauch | 139 |
| 32 | Larry Walker * | 138 |
| 33 | Frank Chance * | 137 |
| 34 | Gary Sheffield | 135 |
| 35 | Dummy Hoy | 134 |
