most hits from designated hitter in 1989

Harold Baines collected the most hits by a designated hitter in 1989, with 156 hits.

	NAME	H	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Harold Baines H. Baines	156	1989	TOT	146	505	73	29	1	16	72	73	1	79	0	3	583	235	46	0	4	13	15	.309	.395	.465	.860	94	30.1	.381	140	26.8
2	Brian Downing B. Downing	154	1989	CAL	142	544	59	25	2	14	59	56	6	87	0	2	610	225	41	0	4	3	6	.283	.354	.414	.768	82	15.7	.348	121	14.5
3	Dave Parker D. Parker	146	1989	OAK	144	553	56	27	0	22	97	38	1	91	0	0	600	239	49	0	8	13	21	.264	.308	.432	.741	70	4.5	.323	108	5.2
4	Jeffrey Leonard J. Leonard	144	1989	SEA	150	566	69	20	1	24	93	38	5	125	6	1	621	238	45	0	12	2	12	.254	.301	.420	.722	71	3.9	.322	98	-1.5
5	Dion James D. James	119	1989	TOT	134	415	41	18	0	5	40	49	1	49	2	7	471	152	23	5	1	6	9	.287	.363	.366	.729	58	6.6	.332	106	3.3
6	Keith Moreland K. Moreland	118	1989	TOT	123	425	45	20	0	6	45	31	2	45	3	2	458	156	26	0	0	5	21	.278	.330	.367	.697	50	0.6	.315	98	-1.2
7	Pat Tabler P. Tabler	101	1989	KCR	123	390	36	11	1	2	42	37	2	42	0	0	434	120	14	3	2	0	14	.259	.325	.308	.633	41	-6.1	.295	83	-8.4
8	Jim Dwyer J. Dwyer	74	1989	TOT	101	235	35	12	0	3	25	29	0	24	2	0	265	95	15	0	1	1	6	.315	.389	.404	.793	39	9.7	.362	125	7.5
9	Larry Sheets L. Sheets	74	1989	BAL	102	304	33	12	1	7	33	26	3	58	1	1	338	109	20	0	5	10	4	.243	.305	.359	.663	31	-5.9	.290	82	-7
10	Steve Balboni S. Balboni	71	1989	NYY	110	300	33	12	2	17	59	25	3	67	0	0	334	138	31	0	6	5	10	.237	.296	.460	.756	41	4.3	.330	107	2.8
11	Rance Mulliniks R. Mulliniks	65	1989	TOR	103	273	25	11	2	3	29	34	0	40	0	0	309	89	16	0	2	6	12	.238	.320	.326	.646	29	-4.9	.292	80	-6.9
12	Dave Clark D. Clark	60	1989	CLE	102	253	21	12	0	8	29	30	0	63	0	2	285	96	20	1	1	5	7	.237	.317	.379	.696	31	-0.3	.312	94	-2.1
13	Jim Rice J. Rice	49	1989	BOS	56	209	22	10	2	3	28	13	1	39	1	0	228	72	15	0	5	0	4	.234	.276	.344	.621	19	-5.8	.280	69	-8
14	Ken Phelps K. Phelps	47	1989	TOT	97	194	26	4	0	7	29	31	0	47	0	0	228	72	11	0	3	2	2	.242	.342	.371	.713	27	2.1	.326	105	1.2
15	Joey Meyer J. Meyer	33	1989	MIL	53	147	13	6	0	7	29	12	0	36	1	0	164	60	13	0	5	1	2	.224	.274	.408	.683	16	-1.6	.301	86	-2.6
16	Bob Brenly B. Brenly	19	1989	TOT	60	110	11	5	1	1	9	11	0	24	1	0	123	29	7	1	1	1	3	.173	.246	.264	.510	6	-7.4	.234	43	-7.9
17	Luis Medina L. Medina	17	1989	CLE	30	83	8	1	0	4	8	6	0	35	0	1	89	30	5	0	0	0	3	.205	.258	.361	.620	8	-2.1	.282	74	-2.6
18	Mark Salas M. Salas	17	1989	CLE	30	77	4	4	1	2	7	5	1	13	0	0	83	29	7	0	0	1	2	.221	.277	.377	.654	8	-1.4	.291	80	-1.9
19	Buddy Bell B. Bell	15	1989	TEX	34	82	4	4	0	0	3	7	0	10	0	0	90	19	4	1	0	0	4	.183	.247	.232	.479	4	-5.9	.227	37	-6.5
20	Mike Young M. Young	11	1989	CLE	32	59	2	0	0	1	5	6	1	13	1	2	66	14	1	0	0	1	0	.186	.273	.237	.510	3	-3.7	.239	45	-4.1
21	Jeff Stone J. Stone	9	1989	TOT	40	51	8	1	2	0	6	4	1	7	3	1	58	14	3	1	1	1	3	.176	.246	.275	.520	3	-3.6	.231	39	-4
22	Sam Horn S. Horn	8	1989	BOS	33	54	1	2	0	0	4	8	0	16	0	0	62	10	2	0	0	1	4	.148	.258	.185	.443	2	-4.7	.213	25	-5.3
23	Denny Gonzalez D. Gonzalez	5	1989	CLE	8	17	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	19	6	1	1	0	0	0	.294	.333	.353	.686	2	0	.316	96	-0.1
24	Ozzie Virgil O. Virgil	2	1989	TOR	9	11	2	1	0	1	2	4	0	3	0	0	15	6	2	0	0	0	0	.182	.400	.545	.945	3	1.2	.420	165	1.1
25	Pete Dalena P. Dalena	1	1989	CLE	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	0	-0.7	.187	11	-0.7

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Harold Baines collected the most hits by a designated hitter in 1989, with 156 hits.

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