: The "club" includes icons like Ty Cobb, who was the first to reach 4,000 hits and remains the youngest to reach 3,000 at age 34.

If you were looking for a different kind of story related to "3,000": Three Thousand Stitches - PDFDrive.com

The quest for 3,000 hits is a story of endurance. To reach it, a player must typically average 150 hits per season for 20 years.

Both are currently the closest active players to the mark, with Freeman at 2,431 and Altuve at 2,388 hits as of early 2026. Clayton Kershaw