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For the most career hits...
8 of the top 20 are lefthanded batters.
#2 Ty Cobb with 4189 hits
#4 Stan Musial with 3630
#5 Tris Speaker with 3415
#9 Carl Yastrzemski with 3419
#11 Eddie Collins with 3315
#16 George Brett with 3154
#17 Paul Waner with 3152
#19 Tony Gwynn with 3141
For the most career runs batted...
10 of the top 20 are lefthanded batters.
#2 Babe Ruth with 2214 runs batted in
#5 Barry Bonds with 1996
#6 Lou Gehrig with 1995
#7 Stan Musial with 1951
#8 Ty Cobb with 1933
#12 Mel Ott with 1860
#14 Carl Yastrzemski with 1839
Ted Williams with 1839
#15 Ken Griffey Jr with 1836
#16 Rafael Palmeiro with 1835
Lefthanded Batters are very well represented in Major League Baseball
among the top 20 career leaders in most statistical categories.
All-Time Best Lefthanded Batters
For the most career home runs...
8 of the top 20 are lefthanded batters.
#1 Barry Bonds with 762 home runs
#3 Babe Ruth with 714
#6 Ken Griffey Jr. with 630
#7 Jim Thome with 612
#12 Rafael Palmeiro with 569
#13 Reggie Jackson with 563
#18 David Ortiz with 541
#20 Willie McCovey with 521
and Ted Williams with 521
LEFTHANDED BASEBALL
The Best Lefthanded Batters and Lefthanded Pitchers in Baseball
For the highest career batting average...
14 of the top 20 are lefthanded batters.
#1 Ty Cobb with a .366 career batting average
#3 Shoeless Joe Jackson at .355
#4 Lefty O'Doul at .349
#6 Tris Speaker at.345
#7 Ted Williams at .344
Billie Hamilton at .344
#9 Babe Ruth at .342
Dan Brouthers at .342
#14 Willie Keeler at .341
#15 Bill Terry at .341
#16 Lou Gehrig at .340
George Sisler at .340
#18 Tony Gwynn at .338
Jessie Burkett at .338
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