Over 2,314 Hits But Not More HIts Than Games Played

Harold Baines had 2,866 hits in 2,830 games.  He had 1,062 walks.  There were a lot more names than I expected on this list (through 2016).  There are a few different reasons for this.  Let me give it a shot, in order by most hits.  Here are the top 20 in this category with Mathews having 2,315 career hits and being 148th on the all-time hit list through 2016. 

Rickey Henderson - 2,190 walks;
Barry Bonds - 2,558 walks
Omar Vizquel - 1,028 walks; he was H> G until age 41 when he became a defensive replacement
Brooks Robinson - 860 walks; he was H > G until his last three seasons - his averages were poor
Tony Perez - 925 walks; he was H > G until playing part-time from the ages of 42 - 44
Rusty Staub - 1,255 walks;  the first guy way under (-235); part-time play from age 37 - 41
Rabbit Maranville - 839 walks;  he hovered near even during his career and lost a bit at the end
Luis Gonzalez - exactly equal with 1,155 walks;  some part-time play in his last season
Reggie Jackson - 1,375 walks;  way under (-236);  season high in hits was only 158
Steve Finley - 844 walks; his last two seasons dropped him under - part-time play?
Joe Morgan - 1,865 walks
Ozzie Smith - 1,072 walks; .262 average;  some years batting 8th
Dwight Evans - 1,391 walks
Chili Davis - 1,194 walks
Lou Whitaker - 1,197 walks; one season hitting .233 got his G > H
Carlton Fisk - 849 walks;  a few week averages with the White Sox (.231, .238, .221, .241)
Paul Konerko - was H > G until his last season when he didn't play full-time
Jim Thome - 1,747 walks
Dave Concepcion - 736 walks; .267 average; his first few seasons he had low averages and less ABs
Eddie Mathews - 1,444 walks;  low averages his last four seasons - part-time play too?

Eddie Mathews ranks 24th in career walks with 1,444.  Henderson, Bonds Morgan, Evans, and Thome are way up on the walks list. 

Some of the guys are on this list since they walked so frequently.  Some are on the list because of their batting average and their ability to get lots of walks. 

Others are on the list because at the beginning of their career they'd get in lots of games but they wouldn't play the entire game.  That limited their chances to add to their hit totals.  Some guys got onto the list by playing into their 40s and being used in a part-time role. 

I'm still not impressed that Baines isn't on this list, because of the top 148 players in career hits only 20 are on this list.